Aside from some genderbending stories I read recently (by a trusted author) that didn't include anything transgender related, I kept a really bad taste about such stories from my early years in fandom. And not even for how it did or didn't include transgender as back then it wasn't an issue I was really aware of.
Aside from some (more or less cracky) Harry Potter stories that threw characters unexpectedly into a different gender and them trying to deal, I mostly saw it while looking for slash stories. And more often than not, it started with a note along the lines "I turned X into a female character because gay relationships are disgusting, but I like the pairing" and that turned me off of that trope big time and I can see how it can be quite intolerant.
Outside of Good Omens I haven't really tried any stories including genderfluid/transgender characters, but I know there will come a time when I will because that fandom has wet my appetite for more. Right now I'm just obsessed with a different trope/genre to the exclusion of nearly all other. That will come to pass though and then I'll be out exploring again. And I'll be checking the recs you get as a starting point
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Date: 2021-03-21 12:03 pm (UTC)Aside from some (more or less cracky) Harry Potter stories that threw characters unexpectedly into a different gender and them trying to deal, I mostly saw it while looking for slash stories. And more often than not, it started with a note along the lines "I turned X into a female character because gay relationships are disgusting, but I like the pairing" and that turned me off of that trope big time and I can see how it can be quite intolerant.
Outside of Good Omens I haven't really tried any stories including genderfluid/transgender characters, but I know there will come a time when I will because that fandom has wet my appetite for more. Right now I'm just obsessed with a different trope/genre to the exclusion of nearly all other. That will come to pass though and then I'll be out exploring again.
And I'll be checking the recs you get as a starting point