A clownfish isn’t trans just because it changes its sex. In fact, it’s cis all the time, because its the biological sex that changes.
If the character naturally, natively changes their sex, they aren’t trans either.
Humans cannot change their sex, they can only change their gender. That’s what trans people do.
If an animal or a being can change their sex, they are still cis while doing so (unless they change their sex and then change their gender to a different one at the same time).
But the concept of trans just plainly doesn’t apply to many species. Some have more than two sexes, some have more than one sex at a time.
When talking about other species, sex is really not a solid thing at all.
I agree with most of what you say, but human can absolutely change their sex. What do you think hrt does?
Sex is a collection of biological realities, all of which lands you somewhere on the sex binomial spectrum. Some things are impossible to change (chromosomes and dna), while others are very much possible (ratio of hormones or sexual organs).
For humans, yes. For other species, not so much.
A clownfish isn’t trans just because it changes its sex. In fact, it’s cis all the time, because its the biological sex that changes.
If the character naturally, natively changes their sex, they aren’t trans either.
Humans cannot change their sex, they can only change their gender. That’s what trans people do.
If an animal or a being can change their sex, they are still cis while doing so (unless they change their sex and then change their gender to a different one at the same time).
But the concept of trans just plainly doesn’t apply to many species. Some have more than two sexes, some have more than one sex at a time.
When talking about other species, sex is really not a solid thing at all.
I agree with most of what you say, but human can absolutely change their sex. What do you think hrt does?
Sex is a collection of biological realities, all of which lands you somewhere on the sex binomial spectrum. Some things are impossible to change (chromosomes and dna), while others are very much possible (ratio of hormones or sexual organs).
I like this chart: