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TSF, or TransSexual Fiction, is a genre of fiction in which in which the sex of a central character is physically transformed typically in ways characteristic of science fiction and fantasy, making it distinct from transgender literature in which memoirs representations true to real life  are common.

Terminology
One early use of the term “transsexual fiction” was by American academic Karen Nakamura in 1997 with reference to stories shared by users of the online service CompuServe. . “Transsexual fiction” has been commonly abbreviated TSF particularly with respect to manga even to the extent of those English letters being used as the descriptor of the genre in Japan, where the acronym is also interpreted as standing for "transsexual fantasy" as well.

Other terms have been used as well, including transgender (or TG) fiction, transgender SF, gender bender or gender bending , genderswap (itself sometimes identified as a subgenre of genderfuck ), gender-change , gender transformation/Geschlechtertausch , transformation , and trans-body. Issues have been raised for various reasons regarding some of these terms.

Terminology incorporating the word "gender" has been seen by some as problematic for failing to observe the sex–gender distinction. "Genderswap" (or gender flip) is also used to refer to fan fiction and published works in which the sex of an established character is changed by an artist or author external to the work itself, i.e. there is no transformation within the work ; related concepts are Rule 63 and crossplay. "Gender bender" and "genderfuck" have also been used as non-binary terms of gender identity by some people.

Folklore and Mythology
There is a history in a number of cultures of superstitions and folk beliefs as well as folk tales and mythology concerning sex being changed in supernatural ways. E.g. some instances of rainbows in mythology having that effect, and the stories of Ileana Simziana and of Tiresias.

Transvestite Literature
Several authors who looked at transsexual fiction had also noted earlier studies, dating back to 1963, done by specialists in sexology reviewing “transvestite literature.”.

“Transvestite literature” was described as encompassing “straight prose, cartoon strips, photos, a combination of prose with cartoons or photos, and short poems,” both published and unpublished. Those studying it observed the common elements of cross-dressing, forced feminization, and petticoating.

While Ray Blanchard, in briefly touching on the subject in 2010, had used the term “transvestite fiction” interchangeably with “transgender fiction,” in contrast, a 2018 dissertation that was entirely focused on the topic in detail observed, “‘TG’ media is actively disinterested in cross-dressing, instead telling stories about characters whose physical bodies are transformed”.

Tropes
Often stories of transformations are centered on a heterosexual cisgender man turned into a shapely woman

transformation: magic, curse, chemicals, hormones, alien technology, disease, gene editing or mutation, or surgery that goes beyond the current real-world capabilities of gender-affirming surgery (sometimes shapeshifting?)

or

body swap: magic, possession, brain transplant

unwilling: trick, accident, punishment

facing challenges of having new body: breasts (often large), menstruation, physically weaker, wearing new clothing that conceals transformation or that is feminine, sex

gender dysphoria

eventually adjusts to and welcomes change

bimbofication

Nakamura 1997; Ogas 2012; Hirai 2017; Pilbeam 2018; Hirai 2021.

Media
The genre has particularly been examined with respect to captioned images ("TG captions"), webcomics , online erotic literature ,and manga and anime. Examples have also been identified among novels, films , and video games as well as websites attempting to catalog examples across all forms of media, including Paul Pichette’s Gender Change Fiction List , the Transgender Guide , Metamorphose.org , and the TG Graphics and Fiction Archive , among others.

Examples
A Florida Enchantment: novel and play (1890s) and film (1914).

Turnabout: novel (1931) and film (1940) about a married couple who switch bodies, lending its name to gender swaps in later works including the Star Trek episode "Turnabout Intruder" (1969) and in the Superman comic book Superman #349 (1980) the story "The Turnabout Trap!"

I Are You, You Am Me (1982) film

Ranma ½ manga and anime (1980s-1990s)

Kämpfer (2006-2013) light novel series, manga, and anime.

Futaba-kun Change! manga (1990-1997)

El Goonish Shive webcomic (2002-ongoing)

Your Name (2016) animated film