Talk:Luka Urushibara/@comment-174.65.83.96-20131115030159/@comment-199.79.169.163-20150209234917

Okay but like actually let me sit you down and teach you what the fuck transgenderism is because apparently some people have no fucking clue what it is and can't take three seconds to actually look up transgenderism from the point of view of actually trans people so there you have it. This whole thread is fucking disgusting. Consider the fact that gender is an iffy thing in this case and it's arguable either way what Ruka identifies as.

Gender and sex get confused an awful lot. Gender is the term in our language applied to the identity of a person with a certain social perception of what is male or female.

Sex is the physical, biological characteristic that you are born with, which with humans is indeed a binary system, and for a long while had dictated what your gender identity should be. But as society progressed and roles for each gender became homogenized, the connection between sex and gender is a loose one at best, though sexism is still a thing that exists so it's there for people who firmly believe in it.

I can understand the counterargument that the official releases say that Ruka is male, and I'm not advocating that this wiki be changed any further for fear of seriously wounding the pride of scared and confused cis-hets clinging onto their limited worldview including but not limited to the wiki editors and the fanbase, but at least take the opportunity to consider that Ruka's gender is up for debate regardless of the clouded hegemonic lens of this barely understood topic.

Given that Ruka does indeed correct people in their speech when they opens up it's possible to argue they ID as male, the gender dysphoria is also present and you can tell that they're explicitly dissatisfied with being a male and wants to be female; they even feel like they were born into the wrong gender. Allow me to define transgender for you from Merriam Webster Dictionary:

transgender

adjective  trans·gen·der  \- ˈ jen-dər\ :  of, relating to, or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person's sex at birth.

Now allow me to show you a piece from within this article which directly confirms the point. "Ruka have always dreamed of being a complete girl, and was disappointed that he was born a male."

Are you seeing the connection here, or are you really the neanderthals that you've advertised yourselves to be, because I simply cannot believe that anyone with half a brain would understand that those arguing that Ruka is transgender at least have strong footing. Not that I expect big things from fanwiki editors who do nothing but sit around and watch anime with all their free time. But I figure that if you've got an education and an internet connection you can follow along the reasoning.