Sounds to me like the author of the post is separating out Rule 63 genderswaps from Alternate Universe - Trans/Genderqueer genderswap.
While I cannot weigh in on the microaggression thing, I do think that perhaps the specific sort of genderbending you use is perhaps affected by what kind of story you want to tell.
Although I will also note I am sick of the 'guy turns into a woman and immediately oogles his boobs' plot. It is /very frickin stupid/ and also annoying.
It is also possible that they don't read much fanfic, or are annoyed at the rate of good stuff to boring repetitive plotlines.
Now, story reccomendations!
Most of what I'd suggest are fanfics. I'm not sure if all of these fit the parameters precisely, but I liked the writing and I liked the different ideas. I also looked for ideas you don't see very often, and tried to avoid cisman->ciswoman or vice-versa genderswaps.
Gender specifically:
Aliens choose a gender based on their personality to fit into human society. (I don't think they typically have gender in their own society.) Also, their 'sexuality' tends to focus more on personality than body parts or appearance (justified for a species of shapeshifters who 'have sex' by linking minds.) While no-one switches gender, I found the idea of 'going among humans, which gender like ponies again?' to be very interesting. https://m.fanfiction.net/s/5216658/1/Masks
Female character raised as male because of weird biology (i.e. no-one realized she was a girl): https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3718348/1/
Character gendershifts as a survival disguise (after a murder attempt), uses the opportunity to live their dream life, and later identifies as genderqueer. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4525815/chapters/10297434
Aliens don't have gender, they have modality. But they still have to fake who they are for safety because society is dumb. And transmodal is a thing. Also, linguistics. https://m.fanfiction.net/s/5357645/1/ https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3896514/1/All-That-You-Can-t-Leave-Behind
Basically the concept of Albanian Sworn Virgin, except the character has to invent it...and outsiders still insist that she's a girl-girl and can't do boy stuff. Also has some women's rights civil lib stuff in there... https://archiveofourown.org/works/22533205/chapters/53844736
The culture has no concept of different genders, but they need someone to be a woman for politics... https://archiveofourown.org/works/3075827?view_adult=true
Male character wants to learn a traditional women's skill, which ends up shaking up the patriarchy. In the ensuing argument/discussion/debate about gender and gender roles, we get this gem of an argument: Only women do X / Well by that logic you've already taught a woman, was she a bad student? https://archiveofourown.org/works/26262028/chapters/63928918
Best explanation I've ever heard of why aliens are always he and she is mentioned in the Comments section (the thing with the colors). https://archiveofourown.org/works/731587/chapters/135939
Different takes on the Mulan legend. https://archiveofourown.org/works/517136
Alien wrote down The Talk, for interspecies shenanigans (with cussing). He got the humans have sexual dimorphism...but doesn't quite seem to grasp (or possibly care) about the human concept of gender. Warning for sex (duh) and cussing. https://archiveofourown.org/works/341890
Sweet Polly Oliver is actually Peter...but everyone needs a girl-in-disguise, not a trans boy. (It does get peaceably resolved.) https://archiveofourown.org/works/30962
Not-specifically-gender examples:
Scifi transpecies. Also includes converting to a different species to escape slavery. https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2698347/1/
Transpecies, culture clash over funerary practices: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/6090291/1/
Transhumanism-ish : Humans as robot cyborgs who still identify as human. https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9148600/1/
Shapeshifter Mode Lock comes off...so you get a gender reveal [from a disguise] /and/ a species reveal. https://archiveofourown.org/works/22643443
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Date: 2021-03-21 07:26 am (UTC)While I cannot weigh in on the microaggression thing, I do think that perhaps the specific sort of genderbending you use is perhaps affected by what kind of story you want to tell.
Although I will also note I am sick of the 'guy turns into a woman and immediately oogles his boobs' plot. It is /very frickin stupid/ and also annoying.
It is also possible that they don't read much fanfic, or are annoyed at the rate of good stuff to boring repetitive plotlines.
Now, story reccomendations!
Most of what I'd suggest are fanfics. I'm not sure if all of these fit the parameters precisely, but I liked the writing and I liked the different ideas. I also looked for ideas you don't see very often, and tried to avoid cisman->ciswoman or vice-versa genderswaps.
Gender specifically:
Aliens choose a gender based on their personality to fit into human society. (I don't think they typically have gender in their own society.) Also, their 'sexuality' tends to focus more on personality than body parts or appearance (justified for a species of shapeshifters who 'have sex' by linking minds.) While no-one switches gender, I found the idea of 'going among humans, which gender like ponies again?' to be very interesting.
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/5216658/1/Masks
Female character raised as male because of weird biology (i.e. no-one realized she was a girl):
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3718348/1/
Character gendershifts as a survival disguise (after a murder attempt), uses the opportunity to live their dream life, and later identifies as genderqueer.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4525815/chapters/10297434
Aliens don't have gender, they have modality. But they still have to fake who they are for safety because society is dumb. And transmodal is a thing. Also, linguistics.
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/5357645/1/
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3896514/1/All-That-You-Can-t-Leave-Behind
Basically the concept of Albanian Sworn Virgin, except the character has to invent it...and outsiders still insist that she's a girl-girl and can't do boy stuff. Also has some women's rights civil lib stuff in there...
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22533205/chapters/53844736
The culture has no concept of different genders, but they need someone to be a woman for politics...
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3075827?view_adult=true
"Oh botheration, I've swapped genders again." [Keeps eating]
Meanwhile, everyone else is...very confused.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/731587/chapters/1359395
Male character wants to learn a traditional women's skill, which ends up shaking up the patriarchy. In the ensuing argument/discussion/debate about gender and gender roles, we get this gem of an argument: Only women do X / Well by that logic you've already taught a woman, was she a bad student?
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26262028/chapters/63928918
Best explanation I've ever heard of why aliens are always he and she is mentioned in the Comments section (the thing with the colors).
https://archiveofourown.org/works/731587/chapters/135939
Different takes on the Mulan legend.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/517136
Alien wrote down The Talk, for interspecies shenanigans (with cussing). He got the humans have sexual dimorphism...but doesn't quite seem to grasp (or possibly care) about the human concept of gender.
Warning for sex (duh) and cussing.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/341890
Sweet Polly Oliver is actually Peter...but everyone needs a girl-in-disguise, not a trans boy. (It does get peaceably resolved.)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30962
Not-specifically-gender examples:
Scifi transpecies. Also includes converting to a different species to escape slavery.
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2698347/1/
Transpecies, culture clash over funerary practices:
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/6090291/1/
Transhumanism-ish : Humans as robot cyborgs who still identify as human.
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9148600/1/
Shapeshifter Mode Lock comes off...so you get a gender reveal [from a disguise] /and/ a species reveal.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22643443