Gender tags
I'm sure that individual characters will have spergs telling us otherwise, but that's for them to correct individually after a sweeping fix
then you have cases like Astolfo/Felix where part of the community thinks they're nonbinary, part thinks they identify female, and most think they're a normal trap
In which case fuck em go with the majority
-Peeves
Nah, you always go with the explicit definition from the author, unless the author is a pussy ass faggot who refuses to confirm the trap's gender then fuck the author
-Bel
Don't ask for a gender: or sex: namespace. You will be mocked and laughed at relentlessly. Discussing gendered tags and how to properly use them is worthwhile though. It's the age old question: How do we describe a chick with a dick? What about a guy pretending to be a girly? What about a guy who looks girly but isn't pretending?
Most people who participate in the game are retards. Ignore them. Janitors sadly have the unsavory job of wrangling with these tards and rejecting their PTR submissions. There is only one thing that matters about how you tag the gender or gender presentation of a character with one subcategory. What does the author says? The word of the author is final. Problems only arise because some idiot authors want to 'hide' the true gender of the character. In these cases there is definitely only one true answer male or female potentially with androgynous and whatever descriptive tag you want to add. The exception and subcategory is when the fandom has an ironclad rule about the gender expression of the character. Consult their wiki and the fandom then tag accordingly.
Quick rundown on the trans issue for newbies: cis- and trans- are configurations (isomerism) or expressions of a concept. Cis means on this side, trans means on the opposite side. So a cis-woman and a cis-man are expressing their natural sex as their gender. A transwoman is expressing woman as a gender but since this is opposite configuration biologically she was assigned male. So transman was female at birth.
Now let's give serious discussion to the gender expression tags that are somewhere in between and how to properly use them. Some people think the following common categories aren't related to testicles. They are retards. Let's start with the easy one.
hermaphrodite:
This is a biomedical term. An organism that has complete or partial reproductive organs and produces gametes of both biological sexes. Especially since boorus have more specific and specialized tags for the topic, there is no debate about hermaphrodites. As a tag it means complete hermaphrodite. Both reproductive systems, completely. A hermaphrodite may still lack balls but for it to be properly tagged it must also include neutered or eunuch or similar variant.
futanari:
A term from Japanese media. It means to be of both kinds, to have both. This term has evolved culturally and has come to mean a chick with a dick in popular use. This popular use is the only thing we care about. If it's obviously a female with a real living dick it's a futanari. Testicles may or may not be included. Hentai series use both types of futanari and make them cum. Only female body traits with dick matter. Tag the presence of balls separately. full-package futanari is a misnomer due to this cultural quirk. The thing to remember here is to use full-package futanari only when dick balls and pussy are present on a biological female. Don't use futanari together with the below tags.
Shemale / Newhalf / Dickgirl:
Why the fuck does anyone care enough about this shit to make these distinctions? These all essentially mean the same thing. I don't care about whining, whatever word you prefer is entirely based on nitpicking and lore. Newhalf is the Japanese term the others are western. These are biological men that have transitioned into transwomen and have male genitalia combined with a feminized body, typically distinguishable tits. If a newhalf is lacking balls that's because they were neutered or you're watching a fantasy hentai that redefines gender expression. Your series may have a different lore for why these transwomen, but this is literally what these tags describe. Most people don't care, if you're going to tag this, use the same term as the author. e621 makes dickgirl the winner of these siblings, but this is NOT the generally agreed upon PTR standard.
transsexual:
"""Parent""" of transwoman and transman. Don't actually use this as a tag unless it's for your private meme collection. This is only relevant when a character is actively expressing their participation in trans-culture like an okama that is the butt of many jokes in Japanese media.
trap:
Term from Japanese media that has become misunderstood as the concept has become popularized in western media. Comes from the figure of speech 'to get trapped', to accidentally mistake the gender of a character based on their looks. The intent of the trap character is secondary. Based on cultural portrayal trap always means a male character that could be mistaken as a female (until his underwear gets taken off). The intent of portraying the male as looking female is the deciding factor for using this tag. A trap has a full set of male genitalia with no exceptions (unless he is neutered etc.). reverse trap is used for females who almost passes as a man usually through skeletal structure and wardrobe use. Gelbooru has aliased otokonoko to trap althought hey are slightly distinct in use. Otokonoko refers more to the perceived femininity or bottom-ness of a guy. Astolfo is the quintessential otokonoko although it is debatable how much he is trapping.
Citation from EHwiki (tomgirl):
- Description: A male whose appearance causes a casual observer to easily mistake them for a female (e.g. longer hair, thinner/more delicate features, rounder eyes/lips). Likely to have a shy, submissive, or passive disposition (e.g. blushing). Often involves m:crossdressing.
- Notes: Should not be confused with futanari or shemale.
- Japanese: トムガール
- Slave Tags: Male - with notable synonyms femboy, otokonoko, and trap.
cuntboy:
Physical biological male with a vagina. Don't use this in tag for any other scenario.
https://hackmd.io/FEs6PwPQR2yvyALVwifLNQ?view
-someone who actually cares about gender expression tags, please edit this to be factually correct, Bel only did this on what he took as a dare, honestly, just copy citations from EHwiki lmao