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a comprehensive list of respectful trans characters in media

spankingboy:

gwenfrankenstien:

wholelottadicks:

okay this is the list so far

i cant really speak for how respectful most of these are i was just adding them to hopefully be debated or confirmed later

if you know anything about any of these i would really appreciate some input

wholelottadicks:

  • Charlie and Tom from Khaos Komix (webcomic)
  • Wanda from Sandman (graphic novel)
  • Kyisha Lynn from Shadow Eyes (webcomic, but published too i think?)
  • many characters* in Hourou Musuko (manga)
  • Kitten Braden from Breakfast on Pluto (film)
  • Grace in Fragile (comic?)
  • Adam from Degrassi (tv show)
  • Grady from Parrotfish? (?)
  • Okha from Bloodhound (?)
  • Maho from Double House (manga)
  • Sgt. Aoi Futaba from You’re Under Arrest (manga)

if you would like to help expand this list or have any recommendations please leave me a message or reblog or something

*description from jamieofsealand:

Shuichi Nitori, the main, a young transwoman
Yoshino Takatsuki the other main, a young transman, the same age as nitori
Makoto Ariga young transwoman
Chizuru Sarashina crossdressing, genderfluid girl
Hiroyuki Yoshida

I have heard awful things about Parrotfish… (Parrotfish and Bloodhound are both books)

If being played by an actor of a different gender than the character takes someone off the list (as I saw you said with Adam from Degrassi) then Kitten should be off too as she’s played by Cillian Murphy.

Another book example which I can’t believe I forgot, I was just talking about it this afternoon: Jackrum, from Monstrous Regiment.

I’ve heard Wanda was pretty bad, actually.  I don’t remember exactly why or even where I read that, but I know I have heard trans women raise issue with that portrayal.

I personally loved Parrotfish, a lot.

(via dualitier)

  1. merboi-swag reblogged this from iambickilometer
  2. wearethewolverines reblogged this from inchoate-
  3. inchoate- reblogged this from iknowwereinthedark
  4. zesticola reblogged this from wholelottadicks and added:
    The thing has been adapted into an anime series and a live action film, I can’t really talk about these because I only...
  5. lev-y reblogged this from wholelottadicks and added:
    Of course. =) Well, Eriko’s reason for going MtF...that is only love, the mother
  6. wholelottadicks reblogged this from secretjewsociety and added:
    he was played by a girl there is nothing respectful about that shut up
  7. brandnewuniverse reblogged this from synthezoid and added:
    Okha is from Bloodhound, the second book in...trilogy by Tamora Pierce. (The one famous...
  8. secretjewsociety reblogged this from p3n1s and added:
    ON DEGRASSI ITS ADAM, THE GIRL WHO WAS IN LIFE WITH DEREK ON DISNEY CHANNEL :D
  9. p3n1s reblogged this from ikillzombiesforfun and added:
    Um…. There is that trans person on Degrassi? I forget his/her name and what he/she was transitioning from/to but I know...
  10. ikillzombiesforfun reblogged this from mimicryisnotmastery
  11. ealperin reblogged this from gothicegg and added:
    above comment. So me right now. :)
  12. miscella reblogged this from wholelottadicks and added:
    >__< Sorry, my bad. I didn’t remember. I haven’t read in awhile so I just thought she volunteered to watch the bodies...
  13. iknowwereinthedark reblogged this from dualitier and added:
    I personally loved Parrotfish, a lot.
  14. gwenfrankenstien reblogged this from wholelottadicks and added:
    I haven’t read that Sandman arc in years but the basic premise is that a bunch of characters go on this mystical...
  15. tripledrycap reblogged this from justaguywitharrows and added:
    WOW THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY SAD. All I’m seeing is “Name some good trans characters!” “Uh, how about (X)?” “No, that...
  16. the-biscuit-eternal reblogged this from justaguywitharrows and added:
    Murdered? I thought she died in the building collapse. Am I remembering wrong?
  17. justaguywitharrows reblogged this from miscella and added:
    Re: Sandman: I don’t think it counts if the character is brutally murdered.
  18. dualitier reblogged this from gwenfrankenstien and added:
    I’ve heard Wanda was pretty bad, actually. I don’t remember exactly why or even where I read that, but I know I have...
  19. gothicegg reblogged this from gwenfrankenstien and added:
    I have new list of recommended reading.
  20. pornosophical reblogged this from justaguywitharrows and added:
    I haven’t seen any of the new episodes but Adam Torres from Degrassi is probably better than, say, Alexis Meade from...
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