Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3495717-20160512205127

So after a bit of a discussion in the chat regarding the subject, I decided to make a thread about it.

It goes without saying that using gender-neutrality when writing information on character versions has been met with its fair share of criticism, especially when it seems odd to refer to a character as 'it' when they're quite clearly a specific gender. The reasoning behind this is flimsy at best and ultimately boils down to characters where their gender is questionable.

After a long period of being stubborn, we've decided that it's probably best to remove it to some extent; characters where their gender isn't known, they don't have a gender, or if they're part of a species that can be either gender should still be referred to as 'it' to avoid unnecessary confrontations regarding what gender some creator claims their character is supposed to be.

To elaborate:
 * Ryu - male (he, his)
 * Mai Shiranui - female (she, her)
 * Pikachu - neutral (it, its)
 * Cursor - netural (it, its)

As per usual, we're not going to simply enforce this change without user feedback, so we once again rely on the views of the community; to vote, post a comment below with either or.

Voting ends in a week's time on 19th May at 21:00 (UTC).

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