Random Things Turn Out Professor Snape Is Transgender (14 items)

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  (#12) Snape Breaks A Vicious Cycle

  A dubious trope in fiction is queering villains. Snape transcends this, according to the Trans Snape theory.

  "Snape was queer-coded as part of making her villainous," said Fatuma. "The curious thing is that whenever creators use the 'they were good all along' trope, feminine codes and/or queer-coding is [typically] undone; the character is allowed to be a cisgender and straight. But not Snape."
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  (#3) Snape Was "Coded" To Be Female

  Speaking to Broadly, Tumblr user Fatuma said, "if [Rowling] had written Snape as a cisgender woman, no part of Snape's story would be greatly affected."

  Basically, there's no way to disprove that Snape is trans based on the text, and the Trans Snape community believes that to be intentional.
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  (#13) Trans People Identify With Snape

  Ensnapingthesenses said of Snape, "We see ourselves reflected in such a complex, interesting, and polarizing figure—which we don't usually get to do, as transgender fans."

  This phenomenon is very similar to how fans reacted to Wonder Woman, specifically female fans. Many women experienced a powerful emotional response to seeing a woman finally get the chance to be a real hero, a superhero no less, and the protagonist of such a story. Women were finally able to see themselves as the hero.

  "I like the idea of a teenage Snape researching and modifying potions. Not for the fame and money—but to be able to make a potion that can help her transition without side effects," Fatuma said.

  This is a very telling statement: "I like" indicates that Fatuma, who identifies as agender, finds comfort in the possibility that this character might experience something similar to their experiences and, what's more, that Snape is not driven by avarice, but simply the need find a true identity. 
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  (#8) A Young Snape Wore Eileen Prince's Blouse

  In the Deathly Hallows there's a flashback in which a young Snape is wearing his mother's blouse. Believers of the Trans Snape theory point to this as an example of more concrete evidence. In Ensnapingthesenses's mind, such instances are examples of  "a young woman expressing her gender whenever she could."
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  (#7) Snape's Interactions With Harry Mirrors A Mother-Daughter Relationship

  Snape's undying love for Lily Potter led him to an arrangement with Dumbledore, in which he agreed to always look over and protect Harry.

  "Snape is, thematically, a stand-in for Lily (Sirius is a stand-in for James)," Fatuma said.

  Ensnapingthesenses reinforced this idea, saying, 

  "Symbolically, boys grow up to replace their fathers; the father prepares them for it, while the mother has a different role and weight in their lives, having a lot to do with managing emotions and seeing things from another perspective... Harry and Snape's relationship reminds me more of the interactions between a teenage girl and her mom, where both have anger management issues because they literally reflect it from each other."
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  (#1) It All Starts With The Fact That Snape Rejects Wands

  In an essay titled, "Harry Potter: Severus Snape as a Representation of Female Heroism," author Racheline Maltese cites a key moment from the text that sparked the "Trans Snape" theory. She argues that Snape's comment in the first book about there being "no foolish wand-waving" in potions class is a clue that "this character is, on some level, a rejection of masculinity, especially in light of the many moments of phallic humor wands provide us throughout the series."

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