askchapo

Honestly, anything can be a trans-coded hobby if you're willing to abstract "thing that people get really into for an extended period of time" to "autistic people are almost definitely the dominant voices in the spaces around this thing" to "autistic people are disproportionately way more likely to be trans" to "therefore, trans people must be a very significant part of the community around this thing" to "therefore, this is a trans-coded hobby". This doubly applies to any hobby that skews younger, where people are way more likely to be out; anything that involves creative expression with which one could vent the pain of existence or whatever; and anything that involves roleplaying/worldbuilding that would let one get fucky with gender roles in a safe space. More broadly this applies to anything that comes across as particularly "nerd shit for social outcasts" compared to other hobbies; for vintage film photography I'm willing to guess there's some element of "lost childhood" to it as well; and if a hobby already has a connotation of being trans-coded it could become a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Ultimately, though, it's very silly. I wouldn't assume anything about a person's gender based on what hobbies they're into.