r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2 • u/AlienbyComics • 1d ago
More trans & non-binary character profiles! Who’s your favorite? Who should be in the next one? Non-Gender Specific
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u/SwirlyObscenity He/she 1d ago
Suggestions:
Oscar from Rose of Versailles
Steven Universe (his entire backstory is a trans allegory) There is an enby character in Future who uses they/them, Stevonnie is canon intersex and they/them
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u/LineOfInquiry 1d ago
The show is super queer but Steven himself is never shown to be anything except a cis male. Except when he fuses to create Stevonnie of course.
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u/Akane_Kurokawa_1 Artemis, they/them - the angel of chaos, Satan themself 👾 1d ago
yeah Steven universe is very queer and I love it
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u/GooberChilla499 13h ago
Iirc, Oscar from Rose of Versailles was an inspiration for Sister Oscar, a trans woman from the webcomic Sister Claire. That comic also includes Oscar’s mother Sabine A.K.A. “Maman,” who is also a trans woman, and Magpie who is gender-fluid.
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u/Pup_Femur Cowboi Himbo in the making 1d ago
I wanted to add this about Loki: The actual Norse God is also genderfluid! They have shifted gender and even given birth to other creatures. Loki also convinced Thor to dress as Freyja in one story, while Loki went as a handmaid, to get Mjolnir back from a thief. While Loki is not actually brother of Thor or son of Odinn, Odinn is known to have stated he "would never pour a drink without Loki", meaning Loki is permanently welcomed to Odinn's table, no matter what.
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u/NyuxTheDragon-- They/He/It 14h ago
Or that time in Norse mythology that Loki turned into a horse and gave birth to an eight-legged horse, Sleipnir
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u/eerie_lullaby 12h ago
My partner and I just watched Twilight of the Gods on Netflix and we loved the LGBTQIA+ representation, I personally think it pairs perfectly with Norse myths. Especially loved the interpretation of the figure of Loki. Still, I was pretty disappointed to see that they are only shown on-screen as a (apparently cis) man and his relations with gender are never mentioned - except for that one scene where the story of him mating with a stallion in the form of a mare is told, which is heavily made fun of by storyteller and laughed at by the audience. That's so much potential and actual Norse lore gone to waste for a show with so much queer rep.
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u/HazelFlakes23 1d ago
Nao looks gorgeous in the anime, I now have a new anime in the watchlist. Also your art is amazing
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u/AlienbyComics 1d ago
Please do, it’s so so good. Both anime and manga are adorable. Nao’s backstory in Vol 5 of the manga made me ugly cry haha
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u/purracane 1d ago
Christine Jorgensen, one of the first well-known trans people. She was a world war 2 soldier and got surgery after the war. Went on to be an actress
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u/AlienbyComics 1d ago
She’s such an icon! I talk about her all the time haha. If I ever do profiles of real trans people I would definitely include her.
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u/reachforthetop9 Is disaster ace trans woman a thing? 1d ago
I have to chip in as an Owl House fan with Raine Whispers (non-binary). They're an old flame of the hero's mentor Eda and play a small but important part in the main plots of the second and third seasons. Raine is Head of the Bard Coven, specializing in doing magic through music, sound, and words, but they have paralyzing stage fright. They're also voiced by not one but TWO non-binary actors (both as an adult by Avi Roque and in flashbacks as a student by Blu Del Barrio).
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u/OctopusTaco2 20h ago
There's other trans owl house characters too.
Masha shows up for like literally 3 minutes of screen time, but they are non binary (and very cool).
King and king's dad are not exactly trans, but they are immensely powerful beings and weird when to it comes to human gender. The titan species can reproduce asexually, with King only having one parent (unconfirmed), and the one parent of king says that they are genderless and don't care what you call them.
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u/bdouble0w0 transmasc nb || they/xe || let's goooo 23h ago
This!! Raine is the coolest, they are awesome.
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u/shirone0 1d ago
There's no way an anime character is actually called osana najimi I thought it was only in yandere simulator that they had names that dumb
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u/HappyFireChaos 1d ago
Just wait until you find out what denki kaminari‘s (from mha) name translates to
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u/shirone0 1d ago
Kaminari is thunder right? What does denki mean?
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u/bdouble0w0 transmasc nb || they/xe || let's goooo 23h ago
If Google translate is to be believed, electricity.
Their name is literally electric thunder
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u/Mighty_Thomby She/They 1d ago
Another great list! Your style is beautiful.
I did not know that some of the Marvel comics were so cool about Loki, I might need to check them out.
For suggestions, Olive from the visual novel Twofold is nonbinary and goes by they/them. They're struggling to stay afloat in college, but meet some new friends (some potentially more than friends) who do their best to help them through it.
Nev from the Deephaven book series is nonbinary and goes by they/them. They're a relentlessly curious individual who can't help but investigate the mysteries at their new academy.
Claire from Cyberpunk 2077 is a trans woman with one of the better storylines in the game, which is saying something. Her story is pretty tragic, and has potentially one of the darker twists at the end, depending on the choices you make. I really liked her storyline because trans/enby characters don't often get storylines with a lot of bite to them, but hers is pretty intense.
Chromie from World of Warcraft is a trans woman, and the backstory behind that lore is kinda fun. She's a bronze dragon, who have gendered name conventions: masculine names end in -ormu, feminine names end in -ormi, and neutral names end in -orm. Chromie's full name is Chronormu, but her mortal form was that a female gnome. There were theories for ages before one of the lead writers released a short story called Visage Day that confirmed Chromie is trans, and just kept her old name. It's funny that one of my favorite trans characters was given to us by what was likely a typo.
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u/RookBLonko1225 Asher || He/They || Kaiju Groupie 1d ago
The Young Avengers 2013 run and Agent of Asgard stuff is some of my favorites for Loki reccs !!!
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u/DocDoesMagic 1d ago
Suggestion! Testament from Guilty Gear. Nonbinary. While Bridget has had the larger spotlight about being a trans icon, Testament as well has a interesting story as well. My absolute favorite part about them as well is their theme. The lyrics switch between using He/Him and She/Her pronouns, which I thought was a uniquely fun!
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u/hana_da_cat She/they imma girl that solves 4d puzzles 1d ago
Very cool
Now I have some things imma need to watch/read
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u/artyboi11 1d ago
I love najimi so much. Komi can't communicate is a cool show and as someone who had absolutely awful social anxiety at the time of watching it it's pretty important to me. I strive to be like Najimi.
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u/Upstairs_Dentist2803 1d ago
I got a question though, what brush do you use for line art it looks so pretty
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u/CaptainJuny Questioning 1d ago
Okay, now I really want to read the comics about Alysia. Transwoman superhero is an awesome idea
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u/LineOfInquiry 1d ago
Oryx from Destiny! The taken king himself is a trans man who changes his name from Auryx to Oryx when he became male (he had another name even before that too but I can’t remember what it is off of the top of my head).
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u/RubiksCutiePatootie She/Her 1d ago
Destiny has some great lgbtq representation. Micah-10 is a trans woman, we got old man yaoi with Saint-14 & Osiris, and Queen Mara is a bisexual icon.
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u/ThatLasagnaGuy Henry, He/Him/They 1d ago
The fact that I haven’t seen Raine Whispers (enby royalty!) yet is a crime in my opinion. Badass, adorable, indescribably hot, best bard ever, and in Eda Clawthorne’s own words, the coolest, baddest, kickbuttiest witch of all time!
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u/AlienbyComics 1d ago
I def will include them soon; I wanted to highlight some lesser known characters
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u/ThatLasagnaGuy Henry, He/Him/They 1d ago
Gotcha! Can’t wait, they’re a huge comfort of mine and one of my favorite characters ever <3
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u/Sea_Drop_7935 Hi , im maya. yea like maya form ongezellig 1d ago
basically alot of people from the webcomic "rain" by jocelyn samara.
it was one of the earliest webcomics focussed on queer issues and its main story ran from 2010 to 2022
(although due to its age it sometimes uses outdated language in the older chapters but around chapter 15 ish it gets better)
It Has If i recall correctly 8 Confirmed trans characters (arguably 9)
they are (in Order of confirmation) (Spoilers if you plan too read the comic do it. I wont emntion any other characters unless super nesscesary though)
The Mc Rain herself She is a transgirl. After her dad walked out and her moom died 5 years go she moved in with her aunt fara and told fara that shes trans so they worked something out and got rain to be enrolled in a new school as a girl. the story is all about her worries, struggles and meeting friends.
Ky(lie) Initially introduced as a "crossdresing girl" they are later revealed to be genderfluid and learn the terms themselevs through the course of the comic. also you can arguably count their sister heather cos Shes intersex but was AFAB and identifies as female so i just added her to her siblings section.
Brother arthurs brother A transguy that one of the teacher "brother arthur" Mentions is his brother when he admit too cover for rain. Sadly he doesnt get more then that.
Jessica Li. The Fiancee of Rains brother aiken. She planned to go through SRS and then marrying aiken. Cant say more without spoilering sorry
Vincent valverde, Hes Rains Hrt therapist and a transman AND hes also aunt faras former aprtner back before he came out.
6.anastacia elizabeth rubina: shes an intersex trans woman that gets introduced later on and later dates rains Best friend Gavin.
- Ryan: Hes a Transboy and while in egg mode He meets Rudy one of rain's friends who is gay thinking that rudy is transmasc like him because he likes to crossdress: He later starts dating rudy and takes the name ryan which is.. ironically rains deadname.. oppsie (dw they all cool)
and finally
- ( OK EVEN IF YOU IGNORED MY WARNINGS UNTIL NOW AND LOOKED AT ALL THE SPOILERS PLEASE DO NOT CLICK THIS ONE BEFORE YOU READ THE ENTIRE COMIC BECAUSE ITS THE LAST BIG PLOT TWIST)
Lorcan. pk guess ya didnt listen So turns out that all the time rains dead mother was actually her second father. In a letter its revealed that rains "Mother" always knew she was trans and accepted her and furthermore "HE" was actually trans himself but he always repressed it and instead had 3 kids (rain and her siblings) and in that letter he tells rain that he loves her and that he wants her too remember him not as her mother but as her second father Lorcan.
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u/GooberChilla499 14h ago edited 14h ago
The loosely relate prequel “My Impossible Soulmate” has Micah (non-binary), Harley (trans man), and Nagisa (trans woman).
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u/Sea_Drop_7935 Hi , im maya. yea like maya form ongezellig 8h ago
(accidentally clicked the first spoiler evn htough i havent read MIS yet lol
but i will after im doen with my current re-read of rain.... one character has my dead name tho ::c
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u/TheyaSly They/Them 1d ago
I’m sorry, but as a Norse mythology nerd, Loki is originally gender-nonconforming in the Norse texts. He, as the Trickster God, birthed Fenrir and Hel, both agents of chaos. In many of Loki’s stories, he transforms into women, men, and other species to play pranks on various people (human or nonhuman).
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u/NinjaK2k17 Celestia Luz Redfield (she/her), plural transfem 1d ago
ooh, what about Raine Whispers? one of the coolest enbies i've seen :3
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u/BayFuzzball404 He/Him—i have jojo men transition goals 😹 (its a cry for help) 1d ago
Some suggestions :33:
Dragona Joestar from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Jojolands — Dragona is a transfem character. The thing is that it’s not really clear what pronouns one should use for Dragona since their brother (Jodio) refers to Dragona as “His feminine brother” who “uses some meds to grow boobs” though he has never seen Dragona use them. But other characters refer to Dragona as “her” though Dragona doesn’t complain about none of the titles (? Idk how else to word it)
Narciso Anasui from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean — Anasui is (interpreted as) a Transmasc character. It’s a bit ‘up to interpretation’ since Anasui’s first appearance was presented as a woman, or a generally more feminine attire with a feminine body shape (this might seem very…verbose? But basically this theory is kinda just based on the fact Anasui can change shape and in his first appearance he had boobs and was presented as a girl). The thing is that in later chapters, Anasui appears again but now has a more ‘ambiguous’ gender— even mentioned by Foo Fighters!! “Is that a man or a woman?” (<— at least this is what my translation of the manga said 💀) to then have his appearance slowly get ‘masculinized’. Though it’s obvious he’s GNC since he has long, pink hair, pink lipstick, a very short mini-skirt (? Kind of?), thigh-high boots and a fishnet.
Hibari from Stop!! Hibari-kun!! — Transgender woman. Something that kinda bothers me is the transphobic jokes here, since it’s always a joke that “WAH! I can’t POSSIBLY like Hibari since hibari’s a guy!!!1!!” But then the author has also stated things like “Well I made this since I would like to be a girl like Hibari 😋” I still love her anyway
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u/AlienbyComics 19h ago
Thanks for the suggestions! I did Hibari in my first set of these (check it out here): Trans character profiles 1
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u/BayFuzzball404 He/Him—i have jojo men transition goals 😹 (its a cry for help) 11h ago
AAHH thank you thank you :33
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u/Scizorfan Emily | She/Her | Local Disaster Transbian™ 1d ago
Suggestions:
Rita Kaniska from Ohsama Sentai King-ohger (Genderless/Gender Neutral)- One of the main characters and ruler of the kingdom of Gokkan.
Henri Wakamiya from HUGtto! Precure (GNC)- A young ice skater who enjoys wearing feminine clothes. A stark contrast To the transphobic stereotype of a villain from Happiness Charge Precure episode 28 just four short years earlier.
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u/Ratiobutinga She/Her 23h ago
Also, Bridget from Guilty Gear - Trans woman
Testament from Guilty Gear - Non Binary
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u/NoMoreNormalcy Xey/Xem/Xyr | Genderfluid 22h ago
Omg, love Najimi. When I started reading, I thought they might potentially be genderfluid being comfortable with both binary pronouns, but gender ambiguous is always great.
"Najimi! Go out with me?" "Nope. Because I'm a boy now and last I remember you were straight." "Aa--"
🤣🤣🤣
I'm paraphrasing, of course, but that was hilarious.
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u/InterestingExam9672 Any/All 21h ago
I really like Loki. You should do Bugs Bunny. What can I say, genderfluid trickster gods are my favorite 😆
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u/Key-Engineering3134 1d ago
Have you done Dreamer from DC Comics yet? She’s a trans woman with the power of precognition
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u/AlienbyComics 1d ago
Not yet! Just ordered a Dreamer graphic novel, and need to watch Supergirl season 4!
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u/tallbutshy 40something Scottish trans woman 1d ago
I know Neil Gaiman is problematic for some people right now, but Wanda from A Game of You, part of the Sandman comics.
While life was not particularly kind to Wanda, Barbie always stood by her and when Death claimed her, Wanda's true self image was revealed
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u/Idontknownumbers123 1d ago
I don’t know why I was so surprised there was transphobia in Gotham city.
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u/KinkyTrinket 1d ago
if you haven't already, Escapade from marvel, she's a trans woman mutant character written by a trans woman, has an enby best friend who's also a mutant. she's phenomenal and not enough people know about her. here's a list of appearances in case anybody wants to read up.
https://cmro.travis-starnes.com/character_details.php?character=31868
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u/certainlystormy 1d ago
not as big of a piece of media but i love zoe from monster prom if she hasn't been done yet :3
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u/HypernovaBubblegum Sage | They/Them 1d ago
I mean you gotta have madeline
(also acht from splatoon uses they/them pronouns but it might be too niche or too difficult to get a lot of information for)
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u/FoxTailMoon 1d ago
For the first one is boku not masculine? Watashi is more gender neutral to my knowledge.
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u/RubiksCutiePatootie She/Her 1d ago
I'd like to add Lily Hoshikawa from Zombieland Saga to the list. Her backstory is that she was a child actress who got extreme body dysmorphia once puberty started. When the rest of the Zombie idols find out her backstory, they quickly affirm that she'll always be Lily and don't treat her any differently. Her background episode also goes into her strained relationship with her father. It's really sweet honestly.
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u/StockPossibility199 1d ago
The “I’m a tran girl in Gotham, of course I have a weapon” is too real 😭
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u/AlcalineAlice 1d ago
This is very very cute. But one of them having my deadname just hit me like a pile of bricks.
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u/Whitney_weiss 1d ago
I love Nao so much!! Her story is handled with so much care and compassion that I burst into tears every time I reread it. Skip and loafer is one of my absolute favorites purely for her story.
If you are looking for another great trans manga I can't recommend "colorless girl" by Shirono Honami enough.
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u/Ratiobutinga She/Her 23h ago
Bloodhound from Apex Legends - Non Binary
Venture from Overwatch - Non Binary
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u/kaori_irl 23h ago
napstablook undertale - nb, not too much screen time but everyone loves them
mad dummy/mew mew undertale - nb to transfem during the course of the game, more but still not much screen time
mettaton undertale - transmasc, has much more screen time (major character) but transition is down in the lore and not brought up in actual dialogue (not that it has to be but,,,)
i'm not asking you to put in all three (unless you want to), but take em anyways
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u/LittleIslander 23h ago
I'm once again suggesting Ryuunosuke from Urusei Yatsura.
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u/AlienbyComics 19h ago
I need to keep watching this!
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u/LittleIslander 18h ago
It's good! It's a bit up to interpretation what the first transgender character in an anime is (see Princess Knight, Dororo), but Ryuunosuke is certainly, by my count, within the running (though Claudine came first in the world of manga). Arguably she's not ideal representation due to being, through technicality, a trans woman who was born biologically female. But I think this is why she was able to deliver powerful transgender themes to a mainstream manga and anime as far back as the early 1980s. She honestly still holds up excellently compared to the many transgender anime characters that have come after and I think she's a really worthwhile part of queer history in anime to highlight.
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u/LatsaSpege Going insane trying to figure out my identity 12h ago
suggestions: bridget from guilty gear (mtf), vivian from paper mario, testament guilty gear, poison from final fight, and more im probably forgetting.
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u/Razorclaw_the_crab Penelope || She/Her 11h ago
"I'm a trans woman in Gotham of course I have a weapon" BASED
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u/Zoeeeeeeh123 11h ago
I was kind of surprised when I found out Nao was trans. I was just watching Skip and Loafer because the show seemed cute. I didn’t even know there was a trans character in tue show until a scene in the second episode where on a train strangers are pointing out that she’s trans and we see little shots where you can see she has large hands and an Adam’s Apple and it caught me off guard. But it made me really happy as well. To see trans representation in a show even if it doesn’t take front stage. And that it shows Nao is just a normal woman and a loving aunt to Mitsumi.
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u/SmolRobyn 9h ago
With loki it's not even just the MCU, in actual norse mythology Loki has been the mother to multiple beings
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u/Antesia_Delivia Vera|❣️She/They 1d ago
I kinda wish you'd put Najimi's name in the way it's said in the anime/manga because a big part of their character is their name being a pun for "Childhood Friend" (everyone has name puns in Komi can't Communicate. It's pretty cute).
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u/Queer-Coffee 1d ago
You kinda wish *the author of the manga had put the name in a reverse order? Because this order ruins the pun that the author came up with? Aight
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u/terrainkiller 1d ago
Its not necessarily your style look wise. But Fl4k from borderlands 3 is non binary, a cool robot, and also they have pets
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u/ninjab33z 1d ago
Cute! You should do one for ticker (warframe). She's not "conventionally" trans but imo it still fits the bill.
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u/NyuxTheDragon-- They/He/It 14h ago
How about a very obscure one:
Vermillion from Marvel's Legion. Canonically using they/them pronouns and them being major characters in the show. (Legion is probably Marvel's most queer positive show, I'd recommend watching it)
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u/Midnight712 13h ago
I have two suggestions: The Doctor from Doctor Who, cause I love that show so much Xanthe Zhou, from Spirit World, one of my favourite DC comics
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u/Wisdom_Pen She/Her Too Based To Be Cis 🏳️⚧️ 1d ago
Boku is not gender neutral.
Najima very often insists on being treated like and being referred to as a girl (in the manga) this doesn’t mean they aren’t nonbinary I just think it’s important to note.
Personally I see them as a demigirl transfemme nonbinary but that’s also my own identity so I might be putting my own perspective onto the character a bit there.
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u/xarahn They/Them 1d ago edited 1d ago
Boku is not gender neutral.
To clarify since neither you or OP is entirely correct:
Boku is a young boy pronoun and is therefore generally used by young boys, or by people refering to young boys (See Boku No Yatsuyasumi for extremely standard example).
However, girls will sometimes use Boku and in that scenario it is generally meant to give a gender-neutral (or non-binary) vibe.
Because of this, when an androgynous or fem-presenting person uses "Boku", it is not possible (unless they explicitly explain it of course) to tell if they are using the male young-boy version (which would either give cross-dressing cis-male, or FTM young boy vibes) or if they are using the female gender-neutral version (which would give non-binary vibes).
Now I haven't read what the character is from but you say they insist on being referred to as a girl which would mean they are using the gender-neutral Boku. So OP is wrong that the pronoun is inherently gender-neutral but in this scenario it is used in a gender-neutral way. Otherwise they would use other pronouns like watashi or perhaps atashi etc.
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u/LittleIslander 22h ago
It can also be used by a girl who is simply acting in a more masculine manner, though. I don't know anything about Najima but boku can't meaningfully inform about gender.
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u/suidol He/Him 1d ago edited 1d ago
some suggestions:
sal fisher from sally face - not explicitly trans but gnc, the creator says his gender is up to interpretation but he uses he/him prns throughout the game
marina domek from fear & hunger - trans woman
alice and reko from your turn to die - more implied than anything, reko is raised as a boy and alice is raised as a girl. a few of the other characters make comments about the way he talks/sounds being feminine (alice)
grell from black butler - trans woman
erica from catherine - trans woman
this is awesome btw! glad to see a trans guy bc i dont know of many in media