Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26248252-20150418023438/@comment-26248252-20150424131757

Gordon Ecker wrote: Hublijhar wrote: How would introducing a male gem make it a trans? Gems use gender pronouns, they aren't male or female, but have a certain pronoun they use. Allegorically. The same way that Ruby and Sapphire are allegorically a gay couple even though they're both genderless aliens.

The way gemkind has been portrayed, it's very easy to read the genderless polymorphic sentient space rocks as "feminine by default", so if some new gem shows up who just happens to look like a guy, sound like a guy and use male pronouns, it would be very easy for someone who's already looking for trans representation to subjectively read him as a trans character. But not all gems use female pronouns. If we had a male gem, it would be a genderless polymorphic sentient rock who uses a male pronoun, not a female polymorphic sentient rock who chooses to be male, thus not having a trans character, but just having a male gem. I fail to see your logic.