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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Over a century ago, {{real men\| wear pink}} wore {{Pimped Out Dress}}es (up to the age of five).[[note]]Try sticking this in your {{period piece}}, and see how much of the audience thinks [[AluminiumChristmasTrees you're making this up]].[[/note]]]]
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4	An index of tropes related to crossing or bending the line between male and female or men and women.
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6	Not to be confused with UnisexTropes (which are trope names that seem gender specific when they are not) or TransgenderTropes (which are tropes about trans characters or character traits).
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8	[[index]]
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10	Subcategories:
11	+ {{Crossdresser}}
12	+ {{Tomboy}}: A masculine female.
13	+ InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: A feminine male.
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15	* AgentPeacock: A [[RuleOfCool cool]] and {{Badass}} feminine male. (A feminine male who has a masculine streak.)
16	* AlienGenderConfusion: A member of one race has trouble distinguishing the genders of another.
17	* AmbiguousGender: Characters whose true gender is kept deliberately ambiguous.
18	* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Characters whose gender identity is left vague.
19	* AnimalGenderBender: An animal has sexually dimorphic traits that don't apply to their gender.
20	** LactatingMale (although there are human examples)
21	** EggLayingMale
22	** InsectGenderBender
23	** PeacockGirl
24	* AttractiveBentGender: A character looks attractive when disguised as a member of the opposite sex.
25	* {{Bifauxnen}}: A woman who could, from the way she looks and dresses, pass for an androgynously attractive man.
26	* {{Bishonen}}: Beautiful but somewhat androgynous men.
27	* TheCoverChangesTheGender: A song cover changes the gender of the original song's viewpoint character.
28	* CreepyCrossdresser: A character who does not look good in drag.
29	* CrosscastRole: A role that is played by an actor of the opposite gender.
30	* {{Crossdresser}}: Dressing in clothing of the opposite sex.
31	* CrossdressingVoices: Voice actors playing characters of the opposite gender.
32	* CrossPlayer: A person who likes roleplaying as the opposite sex.
33	* DifferentForGirls: A character who is GenderBender or DisguisedInDrag has no idea how to act as the opposite gender.
34	* DisguisedInDrag: A man disguises himself by dressing up as a woman.
35	* DistaffCounterpart: A new character that's similar to the original character, just the opposite gender.
36	* DragQueen: A man who wears women's clothing only on special occasions.
37	* DraggedIntoDrag: A man who is forced into women's clothing.
38	* DudeLooksLikeALady: A male character gets mistaken as female despite putting no effort to look feminine.
39	* EasySexChange: Unrealistically fast and easy sex change.
40	* EstrogenBrigade: A female sub-fandom of a male-targeted media.
41	* GenderBender: Being transformed into a member of the opposite sex.
42	** FirstLawOfGenderBending: Male-to-female gender changes are more common and more permanent than the opposite.
43	** SecondLawOfGenderBending: A character who has their gender changed will start to enjoy their new life.
44	** ThirdLawOfGenderBending: Characters undergoing a gender change usually take on stereotypes of their new gender.
45	** GenderBenderAngst: A gender bender character who is not happy with their new sex.
46	** SexShifter: An individual that changes sex regularly.
47	** SuperGenderBender: A character gains superpowers that also changes their gender.
48	* GenderBenderFriendship: Character befriends their LoveInterest while masquerading as the opposite sex.
49	* GenderBentAlternateUniverse: An AlternateUniverse where everyone's counterparts are of the opposite gender.
50	* GenderBlenderName: Character's name is typical for the opposite gender.
51	* GenderConcealingVoice: A character changes their voice when disguised as another gender.
52	* GenderConcealingWriting: A character is referred to using gender-neutral language to conceal their gender.
53	* GenderedOutfit: When an OppositeSexClone, DistaffCounterpart, or GenderBender wears an opposite-gender version of an established outfit.
54	* GenderFlip: Re-envisioning a story with one or more characters as the opposite gender.
55	* GenderInclusiveWriting: The avoidance of any use of gendered pronouns or any references to the gender identity of a character for the sake of inclusiveness.
56	* HarmlessLadyDisguise: A man disguises himself as a lady to avoid suspicion.
57	* {{Hermaphrodite}}: A character who is both genders.
58	* HistoricalGenderFlip: A historical or mythical character is depicted as the opposite gender in a work of fiction.
59	* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: A man in drag who doesn't look like an attractive woman.
60	* IntersexTribulations: A character is troubled due to being intersex.
61	* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A character's sexual preferences change when they undergo a GenderBender.
62	* LadyLooksLikeADude: A female character who looks like a male.
63	* LightGirlDarkBoy: During gender flipping, girls will have lighter hair and skin, and boys will have darker features in contrast.
64	* MakeoverTorment: A masculine guy is humiliated by being given a girly makeover.
65	* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: A male character changes into a female and perversely examines their new body.
66	* ManInABikini: A man wears a woman's bikini.
67	* MasculineFeminineAndrogyneTrio: A masculine character, a feminine character, and an androgynous character are grouped together.
68	* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Same-sex couple where one partner is more masculine/feminine than the other.
69	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: A feminine male and a masculine female are featured together.
70	* MisterSeahorse: A male character becomes pregnant.
71	* MultiGenderedOutfit: Nonbinary and gender-nonconforming characters wear a combination of strongly masculine and feminine clothing.
72	* MultiGenderedSplitPersonalities: A character has a split personality that is featured as the opposite gender.
73	* NoBiologicalSex: A character does not biologically have a sex, but may still identify as one gender.
74	* OldFriendNewGender: An old friend that you haven't seen in a while has had a sex change.
75	* {{Omegaverse}}: A setting where humans have a secondary sex (alpha, beta or omega).
76	* OppositeSexClone: A character has a clone of themselves that is the opposite gender.
77	* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: A demon, god, or otherworldly being or creature who has no defining gender.
78	* OtokonokoGenre: A Japanese genre for men, focusing on romantic or erotic situations involving AttractiveBentGender male [[{{Crossdresser}} Crossdressers]].
79	* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: A character is raised as if they were the opposite gender.
80	* RealMenWearPink: A masculine male who has a feminine streak.
81	* RecursiveCrossdressing: A character or actor disguises their gender.
82	* ReincarnatedAsTheOppositeSex: A character reincarnates in a body of the opposite sex they were in their past life.
83	* RuleSixtyThree: For every character there is a [[GenderFlip gender flipped]] version of that character.
84	* SamusIsAGirl: A character who wears bulky armor or baggy robes is revealed to be female.
85	* ShapeshiftingSquick: A shapeshifting character uses their powers to improve their love life, which can often lead to squicky situations.
86	* ShesAManInJapan: A translation of a work changes a character's gender.
87	* SobriquetSexSwitch: A character, whether it be [[GenderBender gender bending]] or [[{{Crossdresser}} crossdressing]], goes by a name derived from their old one.
88	* SweetPollyOliver: A woman disguises herself as a man to achieve a certain purpose.
89	* SweetOnPollyOliver: A male is attracted to a girl pretending to be a guy.
90	* TestosteroneBrigade: A male sub-fandom of a female-targeted media.
91	* TransNature: A character is uncomfortable with whatever role they've been born into or assigned to and wish to change it.
92	* TwelfthNightAdventure: A character becomes a WholesomeCrossdresser to integrate himself/herself into the setting.
93	* UnplannedCrossdressing: A character ends up crossdressing through desperation or ignorance.
94	* UnsettlingGenderReveal: A character has a negative reaction upon finding out the true gender of the person they were romantically attracted to.
95	* ViewerGenderConfusion: The result of a character with an ambiguous or misleading appearance confusing the casual audience as to the character's true gender.
96	* WhichRestroomDilemma: A character can't decide to use the men's or the women's restroom, or doesn't know which is which.
97	* WholesomeCrossdresser: Crossdressing characters who are presented in a positive way.
98	* WrongGeneticSex: A character's genetic sex doesn't match their actual gender.
99	* YourTomcatIsPregnant: A pet that is thought to be a boy turns out to be a girl...and pregnant.
100	[[/index]]

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