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* Gilman, Carolyn Ives. Halfway Human [children are neuter until adolescence; then they became male, female or neuter] | * Gilman, Carolyn Ives. Halfway Human [children are neuter until adolescence; then they became male, female or neuter] | ||
* McIntyre, Vonda N. "Wings" in The Alien Condition, edited by Stephen Goldin (New York: Ballantine, 1973) [children are gender-neutral and choose at puberty] | * McIntyre, Vonda N. "Wings" in The Alien Condition, edited by Stephen Goldin (New York: Ballantine, 1973) [children are gender-neutral and choose at puberty] | ||
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Revision as of 16:41, 23 June 2006
Some stories imagine societies in which people can change gender freely back and forth at will, or with some effort or particular phases. Another model imagines gender in phases, with little or no ability to switch back and forth.
Frequent Sex Changing
- Ursula K. Le Guin, Left Hand of Darkness - characters are neuter until they enter kemmer; then, they shift into either male or female mode
- Tanith Lee
- John Varley's universe
Life Cycle Gender
Societies in which people choose or are fixed into one gender or another, often at adolescence; or a novel in which an individual is forced to choose one or another.
- Gardner, James. Commitment Hour [children switch back and forth between male and female until 21, when they must choose one or the other; a rare discriminated-against few choose a third sex, described as neuter or hermaphroditic]
- Gentle, Mary. Golden Witchbreed (1983) [children are gender neuter]
- Gilman, Carolyn Ives. Halfway Human [children are neuter until adolescence; then they became male, female or neuter]
- McIntyre, Vonda N. "Wings" in The Alien Condition, edited by Stephen Goldin (New York: Ballantine, 1973) [children are gender-neutral and choose at puberty]