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