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

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  (#6) Potions Themselves Offer A Solution

  Ensnapingthesenses argues that "[there are potions that] alter one's appearance, and others change physical attributes potentially forever, so how could this not be a very strong contender for magical HRT?"

  This is consistent with Fatuma's assertion that Snape's initial interest in the field was to find such a potion.
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  (#11) Snape's Patronus Was A Doe

  Conventional wisdom concerning Snape's Patronus charm taking the form of a doe is that it is a manifestation of his love for Lily Potter, whose Patronus took the same shape. The Trans Snape theory, however, views this in a different light.

  A trans woman named Lilyana told Broadly, 

  "Snape's Patronus [being] the same as Lily's is something besides romantic interest… that the physical and magical embodiment or [Snape's] spirit is the same feminine representation as that of Lily's could absolutely indicate that Snape is in fact a trans woman."
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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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  (#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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  (#14) Each Year, The Community Has A "Trans Snape Week"

  Ensnapingthesenses founded Trans Snape Week in 2015, which takes place the first week of August, and spoke about it in an interview with Broadly:

  "Within the Harry Potter fandom on Tumblr there's a slowly growing community of people who believe Snape was trans, or choose to explore this possibility; some of us just couldn't stop typing, drawing, or thinking about it, and so Trans Snape Week was born. Trans Snape Week is really just a place to get together and celebrate, explore, and share: It's spawned all sorts of fanfiction, fanart, literary analysis."
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  (#9) Hermione Thinks The Half-Blood Prince's Handwriting Is Feminine

  When Harry is obsessing over the Half-Blood Prince, Hermione points out that this person may have been female. "It might have been a girl. I think the handwriting looks more like a girl's than a boy's."

  This is a really interesting point of emphasis in the book as Hermione is irritated with Ron and Harry for assuming the Half-Blood Prince was necessarily male. And considering Hermione is that smartest of the three by far, it stands out as a noteworthy idea.

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