Gender Bender, Bring it back, or something similar :rejected:

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I am an older Transgender Woman. I read "Gender Bender" almost exclusively, as I can relate to the characters in them.

There needs to be an Umbrella for Transgender, Crossdressing, Body Swap with Gender, Gender Swap, Reincarnation with Gender, and mistaken identity with gender.

The term doesn't have to be "Gender bender" but the Umbrella needs to remain.

Also give us the choice of box or Drop down, because I really dislike the drop down.
 
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@kurisu do explain why, "No" is not an answer. I fully explained why it is needed, please tell why Transgender themed content is not allowed an umbrella term.
 
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Gender Bender is a vague category with a definition that nobody can agree upon that people have begun to use to categorize futa, crossdressing, genderswap, intersex, mistaken identity, body swapping to a different gender, transgender, etc etc. It's possible to say that anyone acting out of their expected gender role falls under the umbrella of gender bender because of how wide of a definition it is.

We split gender bender into crossdressing and genderswap. This consists of a majority of the content that fell under Gender Bender. Crossdressing and genderswap titles add up to 898 results, genderbender before the change had 938 results. This means there are 40 manga that fall out of the scope of crossdressing and genderswap. I personally dealt with retagging a majority of the content so I can tell you that most of that 40 were futanari hentai or mistagged content because a character got mistaken for the opposite gender once. The dozen or so results that weren't futa were transgender or intersex characters. It wouldn't be useful to have a transgender tag if it applies to so little content, a tag is only useful for us if it helps narrow down search results for people but applies to a large amount of content as well. Genderswap and crossdressing fulfill 99% of the job that gender bender did but better because now there's a clear separation of content.

We don't have any current plans to re-implement gender bender as a searchable term. It's better to rely on MangaUpdates to find transgender manga.
 
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And what about Transgender Manga, because I can't find any anymore.

If you disliked the term, make one that fits. ie "Gender Related". Of the content Futa is the only one that wouldn't fit. By removing Gender Bender, you've made it impossible to search Transgender themes as a whole.

I'll give an example using Ranma 1/2 which is the premier classic Gender Bender. Ranma identifies as male, but has to deal with being biologically female 1/2 the time. The entire Manga is literally a metaphor for a Trans Man, and his struggle to be accepted as a man.

Gender Bender Manga often has a subtext which is identifiable by Transgender people as something they can relate to. Even Crossdressing fits in this, as before I transitioned I was a Goth who wore fashion that was mixed between masculinity and femininity in such away that I counted as Crossdressed. Many Transgender people hide themselves as Crossed Dressers as a way to hide their reality from themselves while experiencing what they need to express internally. If you want to exclude futa which is not about exploring gender identity fine, call it something better ie "Gender Themed" However all Gender Themed manga needs an umbrella, that can be easily searched.
 
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@GothicShark Ranma 1/2 falls under genderswap because of his magical power to change between genders, how is this negatively affected by the gender bender change?
 
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because you are specifically excluding Transgender content with the new tag structure, and have no plans to include Transgender as a tag. There are several Trans related manga, which are no longer included in an easy to find search term. I do not like being told I don't exist, I have started broadcasting this change to the greater Transgender community BTW.
 
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We have no plans to include it as a tag because content available for it is way too low in number, the same reason we don't have specific tags like "dragon riders" or "bodybuilding." The search term is way too specific and doesn't apply to enough manga to be considered as one of our search tags because artists/authors don't produce enough stories with that kind of content in it. You're free to spread the news to whoever you'd like, we've explained our points fairly clearly and pointed out that MangaUpdates has a much more clear and complete listing of all titles with transgender characters and themes in them.
 
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I personally think we should also divide action in 4 different genres to make sure everything kind of action is sheltered and safely classified. It's not like that's hundreds upon hundreds hours of work someone will have to do for free for something that doesn't matter that much and that nobody actually thinks that highly about.
 
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I never liked that Gender Bender was the only way to search for crossdressing or genderswap in the past. Mixing the two into one category made it so I had to sort out crossdressing or genderswap myself every time I searched to find the one I wanted.

Transgender people aren't being written out of existence or marginalized by not being including under a tag. The transgender characters who couldn't fit under genderswap and crossdressing are being treated as normal.
 
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Transgender people aren't being written out of existence or marginalized by not being including under a tag. The transgender characters who couldn't fit under genderswap and crossdressing are being treated as normal.

Actually no. Gender Bender was the Transgender tag, as originally it was the term for content that was made to express gender identity issues. By the removal of the tag, they are treating Transgender people like we don't matter anymore. We had our Tag, and now it's gone. Replaced so only the Metaphor of us remains, but not the reality. This is why I am up in Arms, and if they do not respond properly to me, I will cause issues in the future, which will affect the site in the long term.

@Plykiya because of your flippant attitude on this subject I will not stop.
 
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My dude, I recommend a jog before you waste time on this... It's literally meaningless... You're just trying to make shit out of dust cuz you're lonely on Xmas Eve... It's quite sad tbh :/

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@kurisu when society doesn't try to erase our existence, when laws are not being made to harm us, when people like me can live a normal life without fear of being murdered and harmed for just existing, when people like me no longer fear that our government will legislate direct harm against us, than sure I agree. Until then you are wrong, utterly and completely wrong.
 
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What are you talking about my dude? Relax. It's just a tag and it's a good system. Messing with it further would only harm it. Your feelings aren't superior to a system meant to organize manga for hundreds of thousands of people. Not to mention they're being quite nice for not just banning you and letting you speak.. this is a private website... This isn't Tumblr
 
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@Filipe I reported you already on Reddit, I guess you'll get away with your insults, and stalking here. But that doesn't change the fact you're insulting and creepy. If you asked I would have linked my facebook, my twitter, or any other site, hell if you search Gothic Shark, that's mostly me.

Yes I'm Fat, I also have a fused lower vertebra, because I was injured in the US Marines in 1990. Hell if you want my life story, I even have a google sites page. This is still totally unrelated to the issue at hand.
 
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Damn nice victim card, I almost care, and almost believe... And Reddit wouldn't do anything, I can still post there. Just showing the people some context of who you are and showing that you're just lonely... Grow up :/ it's Xmas Eve, I understand you're sad but don't try to create issues nobody cares about from literally nothing
 
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I think that searching/narrowing down results aren't the only function of tags; they're also helpful as content indicators.

I noticed that the recent change added content warning tags such as "ecchi", "smut", "sexual violence", and "gore", which I think is a good idea. If a manga pops up on the front page, you can quickly tell from a glance at the tags if this is something you'd be interested in reading or not.

I would prefer leaving in Gender Bender as a more general tag that covers Crossdressing, Gender Swap (i.e. Rule 63), Body Swap (a subset of it), and the misc other outlier gender-related things. What about using something like tag implications to handle the overlap cases? idk, just tossing some ideas out there.

Characters who couldn't fit under genderswap and crossdressing are being treated as normal.
Exactly, as they should be.

Well maybe, but that makes them harder to identify. I'm interested in reading manga that explore these themes in more detail, so I'd personally appreciate a more visual indicator for this type of content.

We don't need to make this personal; I just think the tagging system would be better for usability this way.
 
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Damn nice victim card, I almost care, and almost believe... And Reddit wouldn't do anything, I can still post there. Just showing the people some context of who you are and showing that you're just lonely... Grow up :/ it's Xmas Eve, I understand you're sad but don't try to create issues nobody cares about from literally nothing

what victim card? What exactly is that? I'm not a victim of anything other than being annoyed by trolls and bigots. As for Reddit, meh Reddit allows a bunch of site violations, which your post did violate. Still reported though. As for the content of my character, you never met me, you don't know me, so how can you assume anything? Other than I'm upset about a change on MangaDex, and the flippant attitude they responded with. As for grew up, once again you know nothing about me, so how can you assume a thing about it. This isn't a maturity issue anyway, this is an issue dealing with how a website is treating a small portion of the community, and basically saying, you don't matter because there are too few of you. As for the holiday season, meh, who cares, I'm an atheist, and I did celebrate the winter solstice with friends already, which included a road trip across the nation. I'm upset because after a week of being away I can't find a manga I was reading, which should have updated.

However if you want to know about me, feel free to ask, or just stalk since you did that already. You wont find out much, though because I don't trust personal details online, nor do I trust Facebook.
 
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