If you are looking for a heroine...

[CarlyMcx]

The Chevalier D'Eon was probably the most badass transgender that ever lived.  Forget the Three Musketeers.  Charles Genevieve D'Eon Beaumont was the real deal, with swordfights and everything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_d%27Eon

Now if we could just get a swashbuckling, Three Musketeers type movie made about her life.  It would be a real popcorn burner for sure.



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[Katiepie]

Oh my goodness, I would soooo watch that, and the popcorn/m&m's mixture would commence.

I second the notion for a movie about her.

Kate ♥

[big kim]

Kristen Beck,now that's a badass's badass! And she looks great

[suzifrommd]

I'm sort of a weird breed, but my heroines generally are non-violent. Lynn Conway comes to mind. Among the cisgender, Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks.

[CaitlinE]

I like mellow people who do awesome stuff too; Lynn rocks my world.  Geneviève d'Éon is admirable for bucking the social order.  Not sure about the swordfights---the Wikipedia illustration shows fencing with foils, which is rather different---though I suspect the anime series Le Chevalier D'Eon probably sensationalizes her a bit.  Haven't watched it, but that's kind of how anime goes.