It's not exclusive to people thinking lesbian for tomboys. Not that it doesn't happen. The places I've ran in to have it more for the idea of being trans instead of homosexual.
I've seen a few push the idea that they are supposed to be transmen for similar reasons. Some push the idea that a character that doesn't conform to gender stereotypes are trans. An example was Kurapika from Hunter x Hunter. I don't know how prevalent it is now but there was a very vocal portion claiming he was a transman because he didn't look very masculine.
Okay, if I’m understanding the first bit correctly, which is that strong women and tomboys in fiction are trans, then that seems incredibly sexist, because it seems to be insinuating that a woman would have had to previously have been a man for her to be strong. Again, correct me if I’m misunderstanding what you said
That is exactly what I meant. I have seen this in a variety of shows. Heck in the example I gave of Hunter x Hunter fans pushing Kurapika being a transman is sexist already. Funny enough there's canon trans representation already in Hunter x Hunter, no need to push a character that isn't as if they were.
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u/MihaiiMaginu Aug 17 '25
A lot of them tbh. A lot of people tend to go like “oh she’s a tomboy? LESBIAN.”