joltick:

why genderbends are transphobic: a tl;dr version

• they assume every character is cis by default
• 99.9% of the time nonbinary identities are ignored and the only two genders used are male and female
• they imply that in order for someone to be a certain gender, their body has to change to fit it (i.e., a character can’t go from male to female without having wider hips and breasts)
• they imply physical characteristics = gender
• all of the above are examples of cissexism, which perpetuates the marginalization and erasure of trans people
• stop arguing with trans people about whether genderbends are transphobic or not, especially if you’re cis
• the end