Talk:Lion/@comment-27502630-20151109173800/@comment-27502630-20151110034853

>"Animals can't (have gender) we give them to them" >implying animals are non-binary >"Lion is a male; everyone calls him a male, he also has a mane" >implying me with a dress and female pronouns makes me a woman

We (as a community) have had this argument nth times before. Gender is determined by the presence or lack of sexual genitalia by default. Gems doesn't have sexual organs by default, hence they are non-binary, hence they don't have gender, regardless the way they look or the way they call themselves. Lion is a magical creature and there's no info about what he really is. If he used to be a regular lion and then Rose modify him under unknown circumstances ok, he has gender, he's a male. If he's a gem, as well, he doesn't have gender; he's genderless.

Because there are two possibilities and no answer, "unknown" is a more accurate description to his gender.