Anyone else notice a highly irregular amount of anime in trans communities?

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[–]MarkTwainiac 49 insightful - 1 fun49 insightful - 0 fun50 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Yes, others have noticed.

An article about the links between anime and trans, especially amongst young males, was published on Medium in 2017. In November 2018 sexologist and expert on male transsexualism Ray Blanchard brought attention to it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/blanchardphd/status/1060881360158646273?lang=en

The TRA Twitter mob and woke media slammed the idea of a trans-anime connection, and decried Blanchard as a transphobe for bringing attention to it. This to my mind gives the connection between anime and trans even more credence, as it seems the young male TRAs doth protest too much:

https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/doctor-anime-makes-people-trans/

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/transphobic-doctor-twitter-anime-makes-people-trans/

Of course, Medium removed the article, and banned the author. But it can be found here:

https://outline.com/G2HZdZ

And here: https://blogs.feministwiki.org/socjuswiz/2019/10/20/masculinity-anime-and-gender-dysphoria/

Thread on r/asktransgender titled "What is it with trans people and anime?" from 2016:

https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/68tnwf/what_is_it_with_trans_people_and_anime/

4th wave now thread about anime and trans teen craze from 2017:

https://4thwavenow.com/2017/01/09/anime-culture-teen-trans-trending/

Women's Voices Twitter thread from 2019 about anime, AGP and trans craze:

https://threader.app/thread/1194679074297241600

[–]Skipdip 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ah you are always killing it with the links to stuff! I’m so glad your on here lol. Thanks for being such a strong advocate

[–]MarkTwainiac 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're welcome. Thank you for the kind words and the pat on the back. Glad to be of service.

[–]MadLass 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I feel like your the Patron Saint of GC. Anytime I see a well put together comment I scroll back up and go oh yup its /u/MarkTwainiac!

[–]MarkTwainiac 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You are so kind, MadLass. As someone still in recovery from growing up Catholic and attending a convent school in my formative years, I am particularly flattered to be called a "patron saint." As a young child, a book called "Lives of the Saints" full of grisly stories was one of the things I was forced to study religiously until I knew all the details of each saint's biography, faith and suffering by heart.

So thanks for the kind words - you've cheered me up enormously.

[–][deleted] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thank you for linking me that post on feministwiki.org, it really gives a good possible explanation to the how.

[–]MarkTwainiac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're welcome. Glad the link was of interest and use to you.

[–]NeedMoreCoffee 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think most people think too much about it.

Anime are just japanese cartoons. But it's a huge industry so there is a big catalogue of genres and series. A large group is made for teens, like superhero stuff and then there is a lot that cater to more adult or mature audience and then there is the weird part with porn and harems and creepy shit.

A lot of anime or manga (comics) actually have a lot of character and story building even up to details like birthdates , bloodtypes, size, ... So it's kind of easy to get fond of certain characters.

Now que the TRA's... a bunch of narcissists that are not to happy with reality. Anime is animated, so it's easier to pretend for them that they are in that world or its easy for them to relate to anime characters that are cool. A lot of them also seem to go for the teen animes that have more vapid characters and story lines because again, not realistic at all.

It is just so sad because it makes people think anime is weird and fucked up shit when there are so many amazing story lines that touch on very dark subject or very personal ones and really make you think about life. Or the ones that are just 100% wholesome and sweet or romantic.

[–]Oof_Too_Humid 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Wow! That was quite an in-depth answer. Thanks for spending the time to put that together.

[–]AugustiJade 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wow! Ask of this was actually quite an interesting read. Thank you for the links!