Cross-Dressing on GenderLibshttps://www.genderlibs.org/tags/cross-dressing/Recent content in Cross-Dressing on GenderLibsHugoenCopyright © 2024-2026 GenderLibs. All Rights Reserved.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700Three Historical Clocks Inside the Claim That Nanniang Culture Originated in Japanese ACGhttps://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/nanniang-japanese-acg-three-histories/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/nanniang-japanese-acg-three-histories/Abstract The sentence “nanniang culture originated in Japanese ACG” offers a compact historical map. It points toward 2000s Japanese otaku culture, feminine male characters in manga and games, Akihabara consumption, and the commercial rise of otoko no ko publishing. It also captures an important transmission route connecting contemporary Chinese nanniang vocabulary with Japanese ACG. Yet the word “origin” compresses several timelines into one: when a term became a recognizable category, when feminine or cross-dressed male characters formed durable media conventions, and when embodied cross-dressing and feminine gender expression developed as social practice.Tags, Titles, and Danmu: How Bilibili Organizes the Visibility of Nanniang and Cross-Dressing Contenthttps://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/bilibili-nanniang-visibility-observatory/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/bilibili-nanniang-visibility-observatory/Abstract Bilibili videos about nanniang (男娘, a contemporary Chinese label often used around feminine male presentation) regularly appear alongside terms such as cross-dressing / nü zhuang (女装), Nanliang (南梁), Xiao Nanliang (小南梁), CD, TS, MTF, cosplay, makeup, and body styling. Reading each word only as a definition misses another layer that the platformFrom Nanliang to Xiao Nanliang: How a Homophonic Place Name Became a Platform Labelhttps://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/nanliang-xiaonanliang-platform-language/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/nanliang-xiaonanliang-platform-language/Abstract Nanliang (南梁) is first of all the conventional Chinese name of the Southern Liang dynasty. On Chinese platforms in the mid-2020s, however, the same two characters also became a playful near-homophone of nanniang (男娘), a contemporary label associated with feminine male presentation. The diminutive Xiao Nanliang (小南梁, “little Nanl