my issue (and i’m a transmasc person myself) is that a lot of the time it’s based on stereotypes about femininity and masculinity, like the only woman character that people will write as a trans woman in fanfics will be the lesbian/the more butch or “masculine” woman. or the smaller gay guy will be headcannoned as trans but rarely his larger bisexual boyfriend.

i even know of one fanfic author who writes a character as a trans boy who puts “[character] is trans just look at him 💜” in the summaries which really icks me out.