Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-66.69.36.204-20141213185216/@comment-10733658-20141213191412

Yeah, because of several reasons. One is because the canon material uses male pronouns (Japanese tends to be gender-neutral, so that shows the characters are actively making an effort to do it). But more important is the fact that it relates to a real world issue.

There are fans that are transgender, or have friends/loved ones that are transgender. I know if someone insisted on calling my friend a "he", it would seriously hurt her feelings and piss me off. I also know that there have been transgender fans that have commented here, and expressed discomfort over seeing misgendering going on because it's a very real problem they deal with.