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Star Trek has always been trans
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Star Trek is a huge exception, but It's strange how absent the concept of gender normally is from scifi. Things that are perfectly normal in scifi include cybernetic enhancements, genetic engineering, etc., but god forbid anyone use technology to change their gender. And if technology really existed to instantly and effortlessly change gender, I suspect almost everyone would be doing it because that's exactly what happens in social VR apps like VRChat.
God. Dammit. Day ruined. Has he not read his own books?
Yeah, that was my reaction as well. It's bloody strange - it isn't lingered on, but Kovacs even mentioned a few occasions of being sleeved in other genders as positive (though the context might have been about enjoying superior pain tolerance) and his Awesome and Cool Envoy conditioning, as-described, would definitely put work into erasing any fucks given.
The latest book Thin Air however, had nastier sexual dynamics and gave me a strong sense of actual bitterness and not just thematic cynicism. Kinda sucks.