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ranmao in one of the most transgender images ever conceived

it predates the term egg, and it almost certainly predates the trans flag, so whoever drew this may have been some kind of psychic in the 90s

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[–] JohannaChittarra@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait this predates egg and the trans flag, but does not predate using pink and blue to convey transgender related content, right?

This is wild with that in mind.

[–] Cromalin@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it might predate that too! idk when this was drawn, probably mid 90s. i just found the image on tumblr a few years ago and saved it to my phone.

ranma has always been trans but this is on another level

[–] JohannaChittarra@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Like I know Leslie Feinberg discusses the historical gendering of pink and blue in Trans Liberation in ‘98, and I think that’s the same year the transgender flag was first made by Monica Helms?

Thank you for sharing! rosa-salute

[–] Cromalin@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

if this is official art (which it could be, a show like ranma has a lot of art made for magazines or drama cd's or whatever of the characters in cute outfits or fun situations) than it was probably made between 1990 and 1995. if it's fan art it could have been made at any time, but my guess is early 2000s at the absolute latest. this has big 'posted on someone's fanshrine' energy

the other possibility is that this is an edit of an existing piece, but that doesn't give me anything to go off

[–] lookstothemoon@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

i don't have a date yet, but danbooru says it's official art: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4133322. it's source is just ranma 1/2, which isn't very helpful lol. i also found this wonderful fan site with a low quality version of the art in question: http://www.ranma.it/ranmachan2.htm. same crop it looks like.

above is tinyeye's comparison image with a variant i found (it wouldn't let me download it standalone >:[). the wayback machine is down for me i think, but there wasn't much on the links i scoped before it went down anyway. also here's a link to the tinyeye results in case they're interesting: https://tineye.com/search/b5ead25696900a4827bc2a2b55ba48f69fc79126?sort=score&order=desc&page=1

[–] Cromalin@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

thank you! that's very helpful, i think i can say with confidence that this predates the trans flag in that case even without a date