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So what are your HCs for Heresy-era acceptance of trans Space Marines?

Well since someone is asking me >:D

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This post may talk about subject relative to transphobia and sexism. I am myself nb afab, so not fully in the trans umbrella, but I think it's the kind of things that is important to talk about, as representation is like... Borderline non-existant in the larger 40k narrative.

But, without further addo: How much trans space marine (and also female space marine are accepted!) Are accepted in each legions!

Dark Angels: No. Vagina are icky and gross and they cannot deal. They stay between MANLY CIS MEN who like MANLY THINGS. Very sexist too

I actually have interesting ideas about the 2 and eleven and one day I'll get to it.

Emperor's Children: Even before the heresy, they barely had any understanding of what a gender was. Fabius Bile is a pro a gender affirming surgery too don't @me. Trans, nb, female.... They got everything, and they are probably the one of the only legion that continue to encourage their astartes to continue to explore that part of themself all throu their life

Iron Warriors: Women are annoying (opinion of one manchild Perturabo) and have no place in the army. Surprisingly, he fully understand that someone would want to be a man, because clearly they are better. Stupid annoying woman. Open to trans astartes, but you know their is a lot of discrimination happening behind the scene.

White scars: Mongolian hordes on Terra had a long traditions of woman warriors, and I don't see Jaghatai changing that. He has Sons and Daughters, and changing one gender is as simple as deciding on it. Legit do not get half the issues his other bros have.

Space Wolves: See, this one is... Complicated, because it goes with a lot of scandinavian/viking believes of women role in society. They would accept trans astartes as "warrior women", even if it's missgendering. Tho, they would often be confined to less combat role.

Imperial Fists: No. It's not even sexist or transphobic, they will often gladly accept those people as human crew and support... But... They just don't see the point on giving a different treatment specific astartes.

Night Lords: To everyone surprise.... A TON of female/trans astartes??? A solid 35%, wich is by far the highest rate. The fact that their tactic are often stealth based and usually require lighter, smaller astartes does help immensely. They don't really care for gender as rule. If you can flail someone alive, your in.

Blood Angels: I have the hc that Sanguinius is also deep in the egg, and as such, would try to be as accomodating as possible to trans astartes and female ones sadly, he already has such major problem with his gene seed, I could see it become extremely unstable in afab people, to the point were it almost never work. Still he would let those that truly wish to try attempt it.

Iron Hands: Flesh is dumb and mean nothing. The important is what you are deep inside. Super pro trans right. Still, they don't really get female astartes, just by the hyper masculine nature of their legions.

Read number 2 lmao

World Eaters: not that many trans or women join, but they are fully accepted and welcomed with open arms.

Ultramarines: Ofc they can, and they are eligible to hormones therapy and gender affirming surgery, in 80 to a 100 working days, as mentioned in page 763 paragraphe 6 of the manual-

Death Guard: Ok, wacky headcanon time. I always HC Mortarion as intersex, and as such, I could see his gene seed actually working a bit too well in some case. It's rare, but cis space marines sometime start slowly changing sex, wich can cause extreme distress. In the same vein, they have a LOT of trans space marine compare to others, and a surprisingly high amount of trans women marines.

Thousand sons: Magnus is an agender pile of warp goo... He barely gets why its a big deal in the first place lmao. Any sorcerer good enough can change their sex, and do it for others. His gene seed, however, has a tendancy to be unstable in afab, like Sanguinius... As such, he sadly decided to exclude any afab, ashe didn't want them to suffer for something that would fail.

Sons of Horus: He didn't even think of accepting woman or trans people, until someone else started doing it. He has nothing against it! But he might do some casual sexism/transphobia like "but are we sure that they are strong enough?" Sanguinius wooped his ass and he started doing it, even if its much more an exception than anything.

Word Bearers: No woman, or trans, or gay allowed That means you Argel Tal. Very strict on it, for religious reasons. Coincidently, they are the legion that fuck the least.

Salamender: already, Nocturn culture does not encourage woman/trans to join. Of the rare that do... They usually are encouraged to join their crews. Salamander need to be of a certain level of pure power to keep up, and sadly, in their experience and opinion, women/trans folks usually don't end up as bjg as they should be, and can slow down a squad.

Raven Guard: First, Corvus is a trans woman in my hc, so ofc they are chill with this. They are probably the only legions, with the ultramarine, to have also strict anti-discrimination policy. The one with the highest rate of women/trans folks.

Alpha Legion: Gender is irrelevant. So irrelevant in fact, you may change it a few time for various missions. Outside of the battlefield, they are actually very chill and gender affirming.

.... I realised I made a LOT of the chaos legions really queer positive, but, in my defence, accepting the difference is a big theme in quite a few of them. That, and it was very important to me to show a range that, it's not just the Slaaneshi/Emperor's children that are related to those subject, as gender and queerness should not always be seen in a sexual manners. They are just... People.