(loved trope) Trans characters who do not/cannot pass but everyone still respects their identity

[u/altrightobserver]

• Lev from The Last of Us Part II: Lev is a trans boy who cannot medically transition due to being in a zombie apocalypse with a fascist government, yet the main cast in the story supports and affirms him as male.
• Denise Bryson from Twin Peaks: A trans woman DEA and FBI agent. She does not pass in the series, which is an integral part of her character; her boss simply tells people who don't like it to "fix their hearts or die."
• Cordelia from Vinland Saga: As a trans woman living in Northern Europe during the Viking age, it is impossible for Cordelia, who has a hulking, muscular figure, to transition to female. But despite not looking the part physically, everyone is cool with it and refers to her as female.
• Ladiva from Granblue Fantasy: A pro wrestler who makes no attempts to pass (save for hair) and is still beloved by the cast as a maternal figure, serving as a stark contrast to her species' women who are petite.

Edit: typos and incorrect lore fixes

[u/Leskendle45]

Ticker my GOAT (Warframe)

[u/Sad_Nectarine7457 → u/Leskendle45]

"Well well, if it isn't my little spray of Stardust. Ticker's gonna put the comm on the hook and take five. How are you?"

For those interested, Ticker lives in a society called Fortuna, under the rule of a faction called the Corpus that have a literal religious worship of profit and commerce. She was born into debt she can never pay off, her entire people are. Their organs, limbs and even brains are taken from them piece by piece until they can pay it off; most never do. She's not able to transition because she literally doesn't have legal ownerships over her body, but never the less she acts as a beacon of gritty, weary hope in the hellscape she lives in. Ticker can be found in Fortuna, where she runs a black market where players can buy the dept of people she's found coming up to their "final collection".

[u/ijiolokae → u/Sad_Nectarine7457]

Ticker has excellent quote too

"A person gets told a lot of things over the course of a life. Who they are. Who they should be. Amateurs, lecturing a professional. Anything that can't survive scrutiny, shouldn't."

"Some see life as adversity or adventure. The adventurers make it."

"They can save themselves, with a little help."

"The life we get is so rarely the one we planned for. You've done good, Stardust."

[u/xdTechniker25 → u/ijiolokae]

That line about amateurs lecturing a professional actually helped me a lot in my start of my transition when I was still too ... people minded about this whole thing. By now I try to be very natural about me being a woman, just work in progress ;3

[u/batspiders → u/xdTechniker25]

I am so proud of you sister

[u/xdTechniker25 → u/batspiders]

Thank you <3