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I've generally interpreted Hideri as a crossdresser. He never, to my knowledge, identifies as female outside of when he's working or performing and his crossdressing and attempts to be an idol are presented as Hideri being an Attention Whore taking advantage of an androgynous appearance.
Even in LGBT circles, what exactly encompasses the "T" (or the other letters for that matter) is constantly debated and fluctuating. It's partially accepted that, crossdressing, transvestism, and other forms of non-conformity count if only for the sake of brevity. That's one of the reasons that Q is often added for Queer, and crossdressing is almost always considered an example of queerness.
And yes, I'm aware that the trope LGBT Fanbase lacks a Q, I, A or +, but that's exactly the reason that I always say that people on this site have to be careful about assuming that the way we name or define tropes is an absolute authority. We name and define things based on site policy, not accuracy.
Edited by NubianSatyress^ in my experience in trans communities, you're incorrect. most trans people don't use the word "transvestite" at all, and crossdressing, while falling under the gender-non-conforming umbrella, is not considered inherently queer. if cis straight people can do it and still be considered cis and straight - which is certainly the case - it is not queer.
^^ From MY experience in it, crossdressing tends to accepted more often than not because of how often it is a gateway for trans persons discovering that they are trans. Not every crossdresser is trans, but there is enough overlap that most LGBT circles I’m aware of err on the side of inclusion.
But as I said, it varies. Some sub-communities are less welcoming to avoid the risk of their spaces being overrun by heterosexuals with kinks.
Doing a casual Google search on the subject, I found a lot of examples that showed just how varied the attitudes on the subject are. For example, this Reddit thread
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I think the example should be removed, because if it claims the character is popular among crossdressers but not among transgender people (and as said here, they're not at all the same thing), then there's not really any involved part of the LGBT spectrum. Just because the two groups can overlap in some cases doesn't mean it does so here. Also, please let's not base things on "our experience", because that means nothing for the grand scheme of things (I have come to learn that the hardest way ever conceivable).
135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311Yeah, the issue at hand is how this site plans on dealing with the ever-shifting spectra of the LGBTQIA+ alphabet soup. The point in Chloe and I mentioning our separate experiences is just to demonstrate that even the actual, real-life LGBTQIA+ communities have a hard time deciding what is or isn't included. The question is: does this site want to have a strict definition which is under the threat of being obsolete every five years or so, or does it want to have a broad definition which covers a wide berth at the cost of being somewhat bloated?

I was originally just going to ask in Is This An Example?, but the more I thought about it the more complicated it seemed, possibly too complicated for the relatively simple answers in Is This An Example?. I was just clicking the button for Random Media and wiki walking, when I came across the YMMV page of Blend-S and saw this and now I have several questions.
Is Hideri a crossdresser or trans? I've never seen Blend-S, so I don't know myself.
If Hideri is just a crossdresser, would crossdressing enthusiasts count for LGBT Fanbase?
If Hideri is a crossdresser but has a significant number of trans fans, shouldn't the entry be reworded to about trans fans?
The entry just seems to me like it's trying to conflate crossdressing enthusiasts and trans people, but I don't know for sure.
Edited by pikachu17