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Among [[human]]s, a '''transgender''' person was someone whose [[gender]] did not align with that which they were assigned at [[birth]]. The term was used as an adjective, often shortened to simply "'''trans'''".
{{First pic|Rose Noble happy (TSB).jpg|[[Rose Noble]], a female-presenting, [[Non-binary person|non-binary]] transgender person. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}})}}
Among [[human]]s, a '''transgender person''' was someone whose [[gender]] did not align with that which they were assigned at [[birth]]. '''Transgender''' was used as an adjective, often shortened to simply "'''trans'''".


[[Non-binary]] people were also or could also be trans. [[Calypso Jonze]] self-identified as trans and non-binary, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lovecraft Invasion (audio story)|The Lovecraft Invasion]]'') and used [[they/them pronouns]]. ([[AUDIO]]: "[[Flight of the Blackstar]]")
[[Non-binary]] people were also or could also be trans. [[Calypso Jonze]] self-identified as trans and non-binary, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Lovecraft Invasion (audio story)}}) and used [[they/them pronouns]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The End of the Beginning (audio story)}})


[[Mickey Smith]] had a trans friend called [[Sally Salter]], who was part of his [[Bad Wolf (band)|Bad Wolf]] band. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') [[Jack Harkness]] once had a transgender co-worker, [[Vanessa (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Vanessa]], who changed her name, something that perplexed Jack. ([[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
[[Mickey Smith]] had a trans friend called [[Sally Salter]], who was part of his [[Bad Wolf (band)|Bad Wolf]] band. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}}) [[Jack Harkness]] once had a transgender co-worker, [[Vanessa (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Vanessa]], who changed her name, something that perplexed Jack. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}})


[[Eleanor Blake]], an accomplished [[mathematician]] who met the [[Seventh Doctor]] and entered a brief romantic relationship with [[Chris Cwej]], was a trans woman who lived through the [[1940s]]. She went on to travel with [[Alpha Wheeler]] throughout [[space]] to escape the discrimination she faced on [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Jabari Countdown (audio story)|The Jabari Countdown]]'')
[[Eleanor Blake]], an accomplished [[mathematician]] who met the [[Seventh Doctor]] and entered a brief romantic relationship with [[Chris Cwej]], was a trans woman who lived through the [[1940s]]. She went on to travel with [[Alpha Wheeler]] throughout [[space]] to escape the discrimination she faced on [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Jabari Countdown (audio story)}})


[[Tania Bell]] was a trans woman who worked for [[Torchwood Three]]. She was a resident of [[107 Baker Street]]. She later became a companion of the [[Eighth Doctor]], as well as [[Liv Chenka]]'s partner on [[2020]] [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Must-See TV (audio story)|Must-See TV]]'', ''[[Wild Animals (audio story)|Wild Animals]]'', ''[[Dead Time (audio story)|Dead Time]]'') She was accustomed to other people "minding" that she was trans, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wild Animals (audio story)|Wild Animals]]'') but understood that the identity one forged for oneself was truer than the "shot in the dark" that was birth assignment. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Long Way Round (audio story)|The Long Way Round]]'')
[[Tania Bell]] was a trans woman who worked for [[Torchwood Three]]. She was a resident of [[107 Baker Street]]. She later became a companion of the [[Eighth Doctor]], as well as [[Liv Chenka]]'s romantic partner, on [[2020]] [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Must-See TV (audio story)}}, {{cs|Wild Animals (audio story)}}, {{cs|Dead Time (audio story)}}) She was accustomed to other people "minding" that she was trans, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Wild Animals (audio story)}}) but understood that the identity one forged for oneself was truer than the "shot in the dark" that was birth assignment. She chose her name to affirm who she really was. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Long Way Round (audio story)}})


Because gender was commonly assigned at [[birth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Long Way Round (audio story)|The Long Way Round]]'') trans people like Sally Salter ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'') and Eleanor Blake came to realise that they had always been a different gender to that which they had been told. Despite others' non-acceptance, Eleanor was fully aware that she had "always been Eleanor". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Jabari Countdown (audio story)|The Jabari Countdown]]'') In the mid-[[2000s]], Sally had to cut ties with her family in order to begin living life as herself. She found affirmation with her friends and bandmates, together known as [[Bad Wolf (band)|Bad Wolf]], and a safe space in which to [[sleep]] at Mickey's [[90 Powell Tower|one-bedroom flat]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
Because gender was often wrongly assigned at [[birth]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}, {{cs|Father's Day (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Long Way Round (audio story)}}) trans people like Sally Salter ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}}) and Eleanor Blake came to realise that they had always been a different gender to that which they had been told. Despite others' non-acceptance, Eleanor was fully aware that she had "always been Eleanor". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Jabari Countdown (audio story)}}) In the mid-[[2000s]], Sally had to cut ties with her family in order to begin living life as herself. She found affirmation with her friends and bandmates, together known as [[Bad Wolf (band)|Bad Wolf]], and a safe space in which to [[sleep]] at Mickey's [[90 Powell Tower|one-bedroom flat]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})
 
[[Donna Noble]]'s child had originally been born male and given the name 'Jason', before eventually coming out as transgender and non-binary. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}) Whilst transitioning to female, she choose the name of [[Rose Noble|Rose]] for herself, based off subconscious memories of [[Rose Tyler]] she inherited from her mother's meta-crisis. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}) Rose's transitioning involved years of [[Therapist|therapists]], [[Surgery|doctors]], [[voice lessons]], hormone treatments and her loved ones learning [[Pronoun|pronouns]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (novelisation)}}) There were school bullies who would harass her by continuing to use her deadname, which tended to annoy Donna, who was highly supportive of her daughter, but Rose herself put up a brave front against the harassment. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}})


{{quote|[[Earth]] takes its time on too many things, and [trans rights] is one of them. Not in [[20th century|this century]], I'm afraid. Though the [[21st century|next one]] is... a little better.|[[Seventh Doctor]]|The Jabari Countdown (audio story)}}
{{quote|[[Earth]] takes its time on too many things, and [trans rights] is one of them. Not in [[20th century|this century]], I'm afraid. Though the [[21st century|next one]] is... a little better.|[[Seventh Doctor]]|The Jabari Countdown (audio story)}}


Though, according to the [[Seventh Doctor]], circumstances would improve "a little" by the [[21st century]] for trans people, Eleanor had to hide her identity in order to survive in the [[1940s]]. In fact, Eleanor faced [[transphobia|violence and discrimination]] on account of her gender. She was surprised to find [[Chris Cwej]] so accepting, noting how he "didn't even blink", but held little hope for changes to come within her lifetime.
Though, according to the [[Seventh Doctor]], circumstances would improve "a little" by the [[21st century]] for trans people, Eleanor had to hide her identity in order to survive in the [[1940s]], due to the genocides occurring in that time. In fact, Eleanor faced [[transphobia|violence and discrimination]] on account of her gender. She was surprised to find [[Chris Cwej]] so accepting, noting how he "didn't even blink", but held little hope for changes to come within her lifetime.
 
Coming as he did from the [[30th century]], Chris did not understand the fuss about assigned genders. As he explained to Eleanor, on first finding out she was a trans woman, "it seems a bit stupid to care about little stuff like that", considering the breadth of the [[universe]], and all the dangers and variety to be found therein. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Jabari Countdown (audio story)|The Jabari Countdown]]'')
 
[[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17]] also once claimed to [[Rose Tyler]] that she had once been "a little boy" on [[Earth]], although she was notoriously prone to misusing words and knowledge from her early Earthly life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
 
[[Conall Lethbridge-Stewart]] knew some people who were trans and had told his younger sister, [[Lucy Wilson]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sweet Revenge (short story)|Sweet Revenge]]'')
 
[[Tania Bell]] was transgender, and had a relationship with [[Liv Chenka]], a fellow [[Eighth Doctor]] companion. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Must-See TV (audio story)|Must-See TV]], [[Wild Animals (audio story)|Wild Animals]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
=== Writers ===
In 2011, trans woman [[Lilah Sturges]] wrote the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Comic strip|comic story]] ''[[A Fairytale Life (comic story)|A Fairytale Life]]''. Sturges was credited by her birth name for the story as she "didn't ''consciously'' know [she was transgender] until 2012".<ref>[https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/eisner-nominated-comic-book-artist-lilah-sturges-talks-transgender-narratives-coming-importance-names/ Eisner-Nominated Comic Writer Lilah Sturges Talks Transgender Narratives, Coming Out, and the Importance of Names]</ref>
 
[[Jay Harley]] was the assistant director for [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] and writer of ''[[Zero Hour (audio story)|Zero Hour]]'' and ''[[The Good Master (audio story)|The Good Master]]'' for Big Finish in 2017. They later came out as non-binary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scriptangel.com/about-us/|title=About Us {{!}} Jay Harley|website name=Script Angel|accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref>
 
In 2018, [[Juno Dawson]], another trans woman, wrote the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] novel, ''[[The Good Doctor (novel)|The Good Doctor]]''.
 
Also during this time, [[Niki Haringsma]] wrote two ''[[Faction Paradox]]'' short stories: ''[[A Scene (short story)|A Scene]] ''and ''[[What Keeps Their Lines Alive (short story)|What Keeps Their Lines Alive]].''
 
Later in 2018, "tubular transdudette"<ref>[https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/author/doris-v-sutherland/ Doris V. Sutherland]</ref> [[Doris V Sutherland]] wrote [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Bunny's Curse (short story)|The Bunny's Curse]]''. She would go on to write another [[Bernice Summerfield]] story, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Clear History (audio story)|Clear History]]'', in 2019.


In 2020, [[Amy Veeres]] wrote the [[Ninth Doctor]] [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] audio story ''[[Her Own Bootstraps (audio story)|Her Own Bootstraps]]''.
Coming as he did from the [[30th century]], Chris did not understand the fuss about assigned genders (as in that era, gender was not assigned at birth, but instead chosen at a special ceremony, which took place upon one's 16th birthday). As he explained to Eleanor, on first finding out she was a trans woman, "it seems a bit stupid and fascist to care about little stuff like that", considering the breadth of the [[universe]], and all the dangers and variety to be found therein. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Jabari Countdown (audio story)}})


That same year, [[Grant Morrison]] came out as non-binary.<ref>[https://www.cbr.com/the-green-lantern-grant-morrison-non-binary/ The Green Lantern Writer Grant Morrison Comes Out as Non-Binary]</ref> Although no longer associated with the DWU by that point, they had previously written three comic stories for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', which were reprinted in [[Grant Morrison's Doctor Who]].
"A few years" prior to her discover in [[3909]] that she was actually an [[android]] who'd been subjected to illegal [[fleshing]], [[Emily (Cybergeddon)|Emily]] suspected her [[dysmorphia]] and spiritual malaise about her existence (actually an effect of the fleshing process) might have meant she was trans. She used a holosimulator to test out the feeling of living as other genders, but they did not nothing to alleviate the malaise, and she dismissed the theory, annoyed that "her feelings couldn't have the decency to be the result of something normal". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cybergeddon (novelisation)|}})


=== Actors ===
[[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17]] also once claimed to [[Rose Tyler]] that she had once been "a little boy" on [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}})
[[Lor Wilson]], who portrayed [[Lucy Cartwright]] and [[Daughter of Mine]] in ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'', later came out as non-binary.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88qJ7yQHg7M Lor Wilson performs 'Binders and Boxes']</ref> They reprised their role in the 2020 webcast ''[[The Shadow in the Mirror (webcast)|The Shadow in the Mirror]]''.


In 2015, [[Bethany Black]] became the first openly transgender person<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/doctor-who-casts-first-transgender-actor-bethany-black-10443832.html|title=Doctor Who casts first transgender actor Bethany Black|author=Wyatt, Daisy|date of source=6 August 2015|website name=The Independent|accessdate=10 October 2018}}</ref> to be cast in an episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', [[series 9 (Doctor Who)|series 9]]'s ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]''. She played the role of [[474 (Sleep No More)|474]].
[[Conall Lethbridge-Stewart]] knew some people who were trans and had told his younger sister, [[Lucy Wilson]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sweet Revenge (short story)}})


[[Adèle Anderson]], a trans woman, had a [[Eileen Nelthorpe|guest role]] in the 2017 [[Big Finish]] audio story ''[[The Carrionite Curse (audio story)|The Carrionite Curse]]''. She later played a series of clones named [[Dreyda]] in the ''[[Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter (audio anthology)|Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter]]'' audio story ''[[Zero Space (audio story)|Zero Space]]'', and held a recurring role as [[Tamasan|Major Tamasan]] in the ''[[The Eighth Doctor: Time War: Volume Three|Eighth Doctor: Time War: Volume Three]]'' box set.
When [[Cleo Proctor]] was kicked out of her [[Monica Proctor's flat|house]] by [[Monica Proctor|her mother]] in [[2012]] when beginning her [[Transitioning|transition]], [[Jordan Proctor]] took her in. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|SOS (audio story)}})


In 2020, [[Rebecca Root]] began her role in ''[[Stranded (audio series)|Stranded]]'' as [[Eighth Doctor]] companion [[Tania Bell]], who was the first trans companion in the ''Doctor Who'' universe. She also portrayed cis characters in earlier Big Finish stories.
[[Miles Werbiansky]], by [[March]] [[2011]], had transitioned. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Worthy Successor (short story)}})


That same year, non-binary actor [[Robyn Holdaway]] had a role in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lovecraft Invasion (audio story)|The Lovecraft Invasion]]''.<ref>https://twitter.com/RobynHoldaway</ref> They played [[Calypso Jonze]], a trans, non-binary [[bounty hunter]] from the [[51st century]].


== Footnotes ==
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Transgender person
Rose Noble, a female-presenting, non-binary transgender person. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"])

Among humans, a transgender person was someone whose gender did not align with that which they were assigned at birth. Transgender was used as an adjective, often shortened to simply "trans".

Non-binary people were also or could also be trans. Calypso Jonze self-identified as trans and non-binary, (AUDIO: The Lovecraft Invasion [+]Loading...["The Lovecraft Invasion (audio story)"]) and used they/them pronouns. (AUDIO: The End of the Beginning [+]Loading...["The End of the Beginning (audio story)"])

Mickey Smith had a trans friend called Sally Salter, who was part of his Bad Wolf band. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"]) Jack Harkness once had a transgender co-worker, Vanessa, who changed her name, something that perplexed Jack. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts [+]Loading...["Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)"])

Eleanor Blake, an accomplished mathematician who met the Seventh Doctor and entered a brief romantic relationship with Chris Cwej, was a trans woman who lived through the 1940s. She went on to travel with Alpha Wheeler throughout space to escape the discrimination she faced on Earth. (AUDIO: The Jabari Countdown [+]Loading...["The Jabari Countdown (audio story)"])

Tania Bell was a trans woman who worked for Torchwood Three. She was a resident of 107 Baker Street. She later became a companion of the Eighth Doctor, as well as Liv Chenka's romantic partner, on 2020 Earth. (AUDIO: Must-See TV [+]Loading...["Must-See TV (audio story)"], Wild Animals [+]Loading...["Wild Animals (audio story)"], Dead Time [+]Loading...["Dead Time (audio story)"]) She was accustomed to other people "minding" that she was trans, (AUDIO: Wild Animals [+]Loading...["Wild Animals (audio story)"]) but understood that the identity one forged for oneself was truer than the "shot in the dark" that was birth assignment. She chose her name to affirm who she really was. (AUDIO: The Long Way Round [+]Loading...["The Long Way Round (audio story)"])

Because gender was often wrongly assigned at birth, (TV: Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"], Father's Day [+]Loading...["Father's Day (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Long Way Round [+]Loading...["The Long Way Round (audio story)"]) trans people like Sally Salter (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"]) and Eleanor Blake came to realise that they had always been a different gender to that which they had been told. Despite others' non-acceptance, Eleanor was fully aware that she had "always been Eleanor". (AUDIO: The Jabari Countdown [+]Loading...["The Jabari Countdown (audio story)"]) In the mid-2000s, Sally had to cut ties with her family in order to begin living life as herself. She found affirmation with her friends and bandmates, together known as Bad Wolf, and a safe space in which to sleep at Mickey's one-bedroom flat. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])

Donna Noble's child had originally been born male and given the name 'Jason', before eventually coming out as transgender and non-binary. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"], The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"]) Whilst transitioning to female, she choose the name of Rose for herself, based off subconscious memories of Rose Tyler she inherited from her mother's meta-crisis. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"]) Rose's transitioning involved years of therapists, doctors, voice lessons, hormone treatments and her loved ones learning pronouns. (PROSE: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (novelisation)"]) There were school bullies who would harass her by continuing to use her deadname, which tended to annoy Donna, who was highly supportive of her daughter, but Rose herself put up a brave front against the harassment. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"])

Earth takes its time on too many things, and [trans rights] is one of them. Not in this century, I'm afraid. Though the next one is... a little better.Seventh Doctor [The Jabari Countdown (audio story) [src]]

Though, according to the Seventh Doctor, circumstances would improve "a little" by the 21st century for trans people, Eleanor had to hide her identity in order to survive in the 1940s, due to the genocides occurring in that time. In fact, Eleanor faced violence and discrimination on account of her gender. She was surprised to find Chris Cwej so accepting, noting how he "didn't even blink", but held little hope for changes to come within her lifetime.

Coming as he did from the 30th century, Chris did not understand the fuss about assigned genders (as in that era, gender was not assigned at birth, but instead chosen at a special ceremony, which took place upon one's 16th birthday). As he explained to Eleanor, on first finding out she was a trans woman, "it seems a bit stupid and fascist to care about little stuff like that", considering the breadth of the universe, and all the dangers and variety to be found therein. (AUDIO: The Jabari Countdown [+]Loading...["The Jabari Countdown (audio story)"])

"A few years" prior to her discover in 3909 that she was actually an android who'd been subjected to illegal fleshing, Emily suspected her dysmorphia and spiritual malaise about her existence (actually an effect of the fleshing process) might have meant she was trans. She used a holosimulator to test out the feeling of living as other genders, but they did not nothing to alleviate the malaise, and she dismissed the theory, annoyed that "her feelings couldn't have the decency to be the result of something normal". (PROSE: Cybergeddon [+]Loading...["Cybergeddon (novelisation)",""])

Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 also once claimed to Rose Tyler that she had once been "a little boy" on Earth. (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"])

Conall Lethbridge-Stewart knew some people who were trans and had told his younger sister, Lucy Wilson. (PROSE: Sweet Revenge [+]Loading...["Sweet Revenge (short story)"])

When Cleo Proctor was kicked out of her house by her mother in 2012 when beginning her transition, Jordan Proctor took her in. (AUDIO: SOS [+]Loading...["SOS (audio story)"])

Miles Werbiansky, by March 2011, had transitioned. (PROSE: A Worthy Successor [+]Loading...["A Worthy Successor (short story)"])

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