Talk:List of cross-dressing characters in animated series/Archive 1

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This page uses content from various other pages. I am putting this here because neither the copied or copied multi templates seem to workable for this specific situation. The pages are as follows:


 * Maria Holic


 * List of animated series with LGBT characters: 1990s


 * List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2000s


 * List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2010s


 * List of animated series with LGBT characters


 * Cross-dressing in film and television

--Historyday01 (talk) 15:05, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

I have also followed the template copying content outlined on this page.Historyday01 (talk) 18:56, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

The Red Guy (Cow and Chicken)
I think The Red Guy from Cow and Chicken needs to be added to this list as the character has shown to dress-up as female characters many times in the main show, and its spinoff, I Am Weasel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.8.194 (talk) 22:54, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

RFC what constitutes as crossdressing
What exactly constitutes as cross dressing? Is a feminine character wearing a tuxedo constitute cross dressing? Is a single gag of a masculine character wearing a dress count as cross-dressing? JDDJS ( talk to me  •  see what I've done ) 03:54, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I have pulled this RfC because there is no evidence that WP:RFCBEFORE has been observed. Treat it as a content dispute, and discuss it here in the normal way. If you need more attention, drop a at WT:WikiProject Animation, etc. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 07:52, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I have to agree with Redrose64 on this one. JDDJS, I already explained in a comment on your talk page about why I feel certain characters should be on this page, so we can talk about that there, or on this talk page. I really wouldn't care where the discussion occurred. --Historyday01 (talk) 12:34, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I went with RFC as this talk page is pretty inactive and I felt it was the quickest and easiest way to get a significant amount of input here. I'll instead post messages about this discussion on projects talk pages though.  JDDJS  ( talk to me  •  see what I've done ) 15:05, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I mean, I think it is a bit early for an RFC, but I wouldn't mind more discussion on here. I originally created a page last year to account for people wrongly listing characters on pages of LGBTQ animation pages as trans, when there was really only evidence they were crossdressing. That was my main motivation for creating the page in the first place, and its grown so much since then. Historyday01 (talk) 16:32, 28 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Only include characters where reliable, published sources specifically say they were cross-dressing. I see a few unsourced entries and those should be cut. Any where the sources merely describe something but don't call it cross-dressing should also be cut. The reason is that one-off gags, ambiguous clothing, and the like don't necessarily constitute a practice of cross-dressing, or warrant a classification as such. That has to be up to the sources first of all. Crossroads -talk- 03:29, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm willing to agree with that. I was leaving the unsourced content (which I didn't add in the first place) on there only in the hope that someone would come along and add a source, but knowing how things work on here, I doubt that will happen, so I'll remove them. Historyday01 (talk) 03:32, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete entire list - With all due respect to the folks who worked on this list, it has so many problems, I don't even know where to start. Cross-dressing is a very vague concept that is highly dependent on culture, time period, and context. Applying it (plus heterosexuality and LGBT status!) to animated, often non-human characters, across numerous different cultures and time periods is an exercise in absurdity. And why are we organizing the list by sexuality? Gender expression and sexuality aren't intrinsically related. And do we really know that Perry the Platypus is heterosexual?? Do androids really have sexualities and gender roles?? If someone is magically turned into the opposite gender, does that count as cross-dressing?? Do they become LGBT?? If there isn't support for deleting the list, my second choice would be only include characters where reliable, published sources specifically say they were cross-dressing and remove organization by sexuality. Nosferattus (talk) 16:39, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Nosferattus, I have to disagree highly with this. I am only relying on reliable sources here for this list. As I said originally, I created this page because people were wrongly saying some characters were genderqueer or trans on LGBTQ pages (like List of animated series with LGBT characters for example), but they were actually just crossdressing. Basically, people headcanoned characters as LGBTQ, but there as no evidence these characters were actually LGBTQ. That is always a problem on LGBTQ pages, along with people adding content without sources, or bad sources. Whether someone is LGBTQ or not, there is a reliable source to show them as LGBTQ. I am willing to limit to characters for whom there are reliable, published sources, sure. And I wouldn't mind removing the organization by LGBTQ identity, either, and combine all three sections ("Drag queens and drag kings", "LGBTQ+ cross-dressers", and "Heterosexual cross-dressers") into one single list. An example of a page where everything is a single list is List of bisexual characters in television, although we don't need to divide it between male and female characters like it is done on that list. As for Perry the Platypus, we don't really know, and I think Cybersix has sexualities and gender roles. I was only relying on reliable sources on making previous determinations for this list. And before JDDJS made a comment about this yesterday, no one on here has cared much about this list and its organization, since I created it in March of last year, so I've been left to organize it myself, with no help from anyone else, Nosferattus, so keep that in mind. Historyday01 (talk) 17:33, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. @User:JDDJS, for an entry to stay on the page, a reliable source does not have to use the word "cross-dressing" (which very few reviewers will probably use, as they will probably say note a female character wearing masculine clothing or vice versa) for an entry for a specific character to be accepted on this page. Your extrapolation from this discussion was way too narrow of an interpretation of what has discussed here so far. To be clear, there is NO consensus as of yet on anything. I wish there was a consensus, but there is not, at this point, as only five people have commented in this discussion (me, Nosferattus, Crossroads, Redrose64, and you), and there is no general agreement at this point. The Heinz Doofenshmirtz one should stay until someone listens to that podcast. As for the EJ one, I suppose that can go, conditionally, as I imagine there are some other articles out there about that. Also, Sapphire wears a tux, which is generally recognized as menswear, per Black tie: "in traditional Western dress codes etiquette black tie is intended for adult men's evening wear," and the A.V. Club notes that Sapphire wore masculine clothing. Steven Universe himself is clearly documented as wearing a dress on various occasions. I didn't want the page to get protected due to edit warring, but that was inevitable and I'm glad it was protected. It was the right thing to do. Historyday01 (talk) 20:59, 29 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Enough with the edit-warring, please. I could have handed out blocks; instead I've put a full protection on the article: you will all need to discuss any changes sensibly. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 20:56, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, I totally agree. I only reverted changes by JDDJS because I thought they were way too hasty, because no consensus has been reached from what I can see. I don't want an edit war, but I'm completely willing to revert content as needed. So far, there are a few proposals of what to do with the list. Nosferattus believes the list should either be deleted entirely or "only include characters where reliable, published sources specifically say they were cross-dressing", the latter which I agree with, with stipulations as I noted in my last comment, where I said "a reliable source does not have to use the word "cross-dressing"...for an entry for a specific character to be accepted on this page" as they could say that someone is wearing a specific article of masculine clothing (for women) or feminine clothing (for men). Crossroads also says the page should "only include characters where reliable, published sources specifically say they were cross-dressing" and is interpreting that narrowly. And I think that's about it. Neither Reese3196 has not commented on here, and JDDJS hasn't since the first comment, but I'd like to see their responses. I want this page to flourish, not to die.Historyday01 (talk) 21:30, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * @User:Historyday01 You say there are a few proposals on what to do. Before your latest comments, there was really only one and that is the one Nosferattus and Crossroads both say, and I fully agree with only include characters where reliable, published sources specifically say they were cross-dressing. Your "stipulation" "a reliable source does not have to use the word 'cross-dressing'..." is not a stipulation, but rather the total opposite of what they were saying. You can't specifically call something crossdressing without using the word crossdressing. JDDJS  ( talk to me  •  see what I've done ) 22:53, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * You can say a character wears masculine clothing or feminine clothing, so you don't have to specifically use the word. While it would be preferred if a source used those words, I think it would too restrictive to require it. I'd propose saying we should only include characters where reliable, published sources specifically say a said character is cross-dressing, whether directly or indirectly, or that a said character is a drag king, drag queen, tomboy, or janegirl, or some wording like that. I still stand by what I said, and I have a list below which would limit the entries on this page. And yes, I realize there are a few proposals, but there is no consensus at this point and I am willing to bet that there might even be a consensus, ultimately. I even wish you hadn't begun this discussion in the first place, because the page was nice and peaceful before, but I can't control time. --Historyday01 (talk) 23:08, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * @User:Redrose64 I tried to start an RFC to get a large consensus on here, but you reverted that because you felt a local consensus was enough. We get a local consensus to only include characters where reliable, published sources specifically say they were cross-dressing (which at the time even Historyday01 'said he agreed with, even if he later backtracked that comment), so I edit the article to match that local consensus, but that was wrong too. I don't know what you want me to do. JDDJS  ( talk to me  •  see what I've done ) 22:53, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I didn't backtrack anything, I clarified in my comment. I just think you acted too soon, that was my main complaint. I have a list below which notes sourcing of entries that can be removed and kept, which will hopefully be of help once the protection on the page has lifted. After going through the "Heterosexual cross-dressers" section, then I was planning to look through sites like Anime News Network and THEM Anime Reviews next for the word "cross-dressing" to see if there are any other entries which can be added. Historyday01 (talk) 22:57, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I want you to discuss and not repeatedly remove content that others have added, or vice versa, see WP:BRD. The absence of a tag does not prevent discussion; RfC is a method of last resort, or nearly so (ARBCOM don't touch content disputes). I see that there are notes at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Animation and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies - have any other WikiProjects been informed? There are five WikiProject banners at the top of this page, after all. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 23:58, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I have to agree completely with Redrose64 on this one. I'm not sure why all of those projects were not informed, that seems strange to me. Its almost like JDDJS is trying to limit the discussion only to specific communities and not others. Historyday01 (talk) 00:25, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Proposal to merge into a single list
As I mentioned in the above discussion, I don't think the current division of this list into "Drag queens and drag kings", "LGBTQ+ cross-dressers", and "Heterosexual cross-dressers" makes sense for the following reasons: I would like to formally propose that we merge them into a single list and discuss their sexuality or gender identity (if applicable) in the Notes column. Thoughts? Nosferattus (talk) 23:23, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The categories are not mutually exclusive. Drag queens and drag kings can also be LGBTQ+ or heterosexual, and LGBTQ+ folks can identify as heterosexual (at least the trans folks can).
 * These categories are often unverifiable or not even applicable. It's silly to pretend that every fictional universe uses these cultural constructs. In reality, we are mostly just projecting our own cultural assumptions.
 * Sexuality is not intrinsically related to gender expression and I feel like our current organization implies that it is.
 * Oh, I totally agree. I think it should be a single list. I can agree with that. That is the one thing I can actually agree with when it comes to the ideas proposed! I'll be adding a list of entries that can be kept or removed on the page shortly.--Historyday01 (talk) 23:49, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Yep, merging into one list and then subsequently cutting down to only the properly-cited entries seems like the right next step. You could (optionally) have a new column for "Description", where you could put "Drag queen" or whatever is the most relevant set of descriptors (only where clear, sourced or mentioned in the source material itself, and unambiguous). — Bilorv ( talk ) 00:00, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Bilorv, I agree with that. I'm not sure I want to make any more columns. In any case, here is a list I made which should help in cutting down the entries on this page. --Historyday01 (talk) 00:16, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Other entries which should be removed:
 * Naoto Shirogane (is trans, shouldn't be on this list)
 * Hitoshi Sugoroku (I don't think either of the sources mention this character)
 * Kinji Tohyama (transforms into another person, not crossdressing)
 * Ringo Tsukimiya (not even mentioned in the source)
 * Kevin Tubbs (this entry is strange and shouldn't be on this page... as none of the sources talk about cross dressing).

I thought the Mermaid Sisters were drag queens, but those sources seem to only call them a musical group. I think I got they were drag queens from the Carole & Tuesday wikipedia page, as this press release only calls them singers. It also looks like the source for the Emporio Ivankov, in One Piece, entry, noted Bon Kurei's Okama Kempo but not Emporio Ivankov. I'd also advocate for re-adding the entries for Sapphire and Steven Universe in Steven Universe, as Sapphire wears a tux (shown to be menswear as I noted earlier), and Steven is attested by various sources as wearing a dress, which is, generally, a female outfit.

Here is a list of entries which need better sources / more discussion before inclusion in the list:
 * Bon Kurei (article says that "in the manga, Bon Kurei's kempo is explicitly referred to as "Okama Kempo." The Okama, in One Piece, is a group of men who have adopted feminine characteristics" but can that be called crossdressing?)
 * Masumi Okuyama (man who wears a dress, but there needs to be a better source)
 * Roger (I suppose disguises, as also noted here can be argued to be cross-dressing?)
 * Leslie Robin Swisher (Veronica)
 * Haruka Tenoh (Sailor Uranus)
 * Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
 * Him
 * Akira Hiragi
 * Kuranosuke Koibuchi
 * Randy Marsh
 * Tōma Minami
 * Mickey Mouse
 * Rui Ninomiya
 * Bill Dauterive

And that's it... Whew, went through the whole page. Here's some additional entries for shows with cross-dressing characters which could be added to this page. This will hopefully help the page expand after the protection has lifted, even though this is, obviously, not comprehensive. Also this review notes Princess Sapphire and Utena as cross-dressers. Here's my list of characters that should be added to the main page:
 * Kaguya (defined as a cross-dressing brother)
 * Ryuu (noted as cross dressing)
 * Bobobo (noted as a cross-dresser)
 * Ayumu (seemingly a cross-dresser)
 * Kuranosuke (cross-dresses as a girl)
 * Makoto, also known as Mako-chan (noted as cross-dressing)
 * Yuuki (cross-dresses as a woman)
 * Kinoshita (dresses in drag)
 * Tamiya and Ootaki (noted as cross dressing)
 * Ling Xianming (described as man with a fondness for crossdressing)
 * Hime Arikawa (noted, also here, as spending his high school in girls clothes)
 * Gintoki (noted as crossdressing)
 * Renren (noted as a crossdresser)
 * Seki (noted as a frequent cross-dresser)

Also this discussion on ANN is of note, as it provides sources for some characters:

"'I made a list of people who came to mind and noticed some similarities in the women who dress as men right away. Most of the women who came to mind—Utena, Oscar, Kino, Haruka from Sailor Moon—are very assertive, almost aggressive women...Well, there's one thing to note about the case of Utena. She says that she wants to be a prince, doesn't she? It's almost like she wants to exemplify a role that she admires...Characters like Sarasa from Basara, and Utena seem to strike a happy medium, as it were, between aggressive, masculine features...In Ouran, though, the relationship between Haruhi and her father strikes me as particularly interesting, considering they both cross-dress for different reasons. Haruhi does it out of necessity, obviously, to stay in the host club, but I feel like the support she offers her father is a reflection of the say she was raised herself: strength, self-reliance and compassion...When I think of cool characters, I envision not just women who dress like men—but women who dress like men in uniform. Gals like Utena, or Lia from Le Chevalier D'Eon, when she possesses her brother...I was thinking of Hana-Kimi. Of course, the protagonist wears a boy's uniform, but in a school without uniforms, the story would still work if she wore boy's street clothing...Yes, that reminds me of all the, 'She obviously wears the pants of the family' housewife characters you see in anime. The women in Princess Mononoke come to mind, and some of the villagers in Saiunkoku...But there are also characters like Hana from Tokyo Godfathers, who are more genuine...Usually it is just a quick gag, like the classmates in Furuba making Yuki wear a dress, or it's a plot point that the cross dress, like Nuriko from FY...I think it's because Utena isn't a pushover, though. She's strong and awesome, and that's why both men and women love her. And maybe she dresses like a man because she can. And because it's a physical manifestation of her personality.'"

There also might be something here as well. I look forward to this discussion going forward. Historyday01 (talk) 01:18, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Moving forward
@User:Redrose64, @User:Nosferattus, @User:Reese3196 and @Bilorv, so I've fixed up the page tonight, using the suggestions from the above discussions, now that the protection setting on the page is gone. I hope to add more entries in the future, but I think there is a sizable amount at this point. I'd still like to advocate for re-adding of the entries for Sapphire (in Steven Universe) and Steven Universe himself, although I think it is definitely a stronger case for Steven than for Sapphire, though. I haven't found anything directly which says they are cross-dressing outright, but this one (see the section entitled "The Wedding") comes pretty close to saying it, so I'm still divided on those. I would be willing to forgo adding them, I suppose, but it would be nice to have more entries on here which aren't anime (which now is a majority of those on the list). Anyway, I think JDDJS has already made opinions on this page known and started this whole thing with a misguided, and unnecessary, call for an RFC, but are welcome to contribute here if necessary. The only good thing that has come out of all of this is making the page more concise and more discussion, which will likely lead nowhere, at this point, as is my guess, although I could be wrong about that. Otherwise, any other suggestions on improving the page are welcome as I can't manage this whole page, mainly, all by myself, as the primary editor at this point. --Historyday01 (talk) 02:50, 7 August 2021 (UTC)