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Gender has been an important theme explored in speculative fiction.The genres that make up speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, supernatural fiction, horror, superhero fiction, science fantasy and related genres (utopian and dystopian fiction), have always offered the opportunity for writers to explore social conventions, including gender, gender roles, and beliefs about gender.
LGBT themes in speculative fiction include lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender themes in science fiction, fantasy, horror fiction and related genres. [a] Such elements may include an LGBT character as the protagonist or a major character, or explorations of sexuality or gender that deviate from the heteronormative .
Many science fiction and fantasy stories involve LGBT characters, or otherwise represent themes that are relevant to LGBT issues and the LGBT community. This is a list of notable stories, and/or stories from notable series or anthologies, and/or by notable authors; it is not intended to be all-inclusive.
In this science fiction series, there are two trans characters introduced. [112] In issue no. 6, released in October 2014, Cenglei falls in love with a woman named Zhen who tells him she is a trans woman, and he realizes he has no problem with that, finding out his uncle is "actually a trans man." Chenglei's Uncle
The Left Hand of Darkness is a multiple award-winning 1969 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin.Le Guin's introduction to the 1976 publication of the book identifies Left Hand of Darkness as a thought experiment to explore society without men or women, where individuals share the biological and emotional makeup of both genders.
Character Title Author Identity Year Notes Aim/the Messenger Nona the Ninth: Tamsyn Muir: Ambiguous/nonbinary 2022 Aim uses they/them pronouns that were "bestowed upon them" by their role as the Messenger (whether these pronouns are singular or plural is ambiguous), is referred to with she/her pronouns and as "sir" by multiple characters, and has been stated by Tamsyn Muir to "live with ...
A relatively common motif in speculative fiction is the existence of single-gender worlds or single-sex societies.These fictional societies have long been one of the primary ways to explore implications of gender and gender-differences in science fiction and fantasy. [1]
Sexual themes are frequently used in science fiction or related genres.Such elements may include depictions of realistic sexual interactions in a science fictional setting, a protagonist with an alternative sexuality, a sexual encounter between a human and a fictional extraterrestrial, or exploration of the varieties of sexual experience that deviate from the conventional.