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

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

[–]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!