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Transsexual Identities in Manga

The absence of a comprehensive list of Transsexual identities in Japanese manga led me to make one myself.  Take a look!

"Despite a wide spectrum of sex and gender representations in Japanese manga, serious approaches to the transsexual identity and struggle are extremely rare — so much that I can count the examples I can think of on one hand.  Transsexual characters are technically bountiful, but only in very specific categories of fantasy.  I’ll explain why these categories of characters don’t constitue a legitimate examination of a transsexual identity (ie, an experience that transsexuals can identify with or relate to), and then review that handful of titles that do."

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Today's Talk:  Appreciation vs. Slash Fandom

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Dear Fangirls: We Need to Have a Talk #1

Today's Talk:  Do You Even Know What Yaoi is?