Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25951143-20150101110046/@comment-5780397-20150830220717

Viviburn wrote: Hello everyone! Even if Alluka has male reproductive organs, that does not mean she's a boy. Yes, you have 'canon' proof (from a very outdated book that has had some of its contents retconned by Togashi himself, but whatever) that Alluka's sex is male. However, right on the wiki's sidebar, it lists as "Gender: Male." Gender is not the same as sex, and insisting it is is wrong and offensive. From what we have seen in both the show and the manga, Alluka is a girl - she uses feminine personal pronouns, asks if she was a 'good girl,' etc. The person closest to her, Killua, makes sure to have female bodyguards come along because Alluka is a girl. He directly states this in front of Alluka, who does not argue, show discomfort, or otherwise disagree with him. It's been stated before, but I feel it's important to reiterate that the only time Killua says 'little brother' was when he was trying to withhold as much information as possible.

Anyways, what I wanted to say was saying you won't change her gender until there's 'solid proof' is ridiculous. This is basically saying, 'everyone is cisgender unless directly stated otherwise.'  It should be obvious why people are upset with your line of reasoning. So please, listen to what we're saying. Realize that these issues may be much more personal to us than you, which is why we're so adament. In my opinion, Alluka is a trans girl, but what's NOT just my opinion is that either way, Alluka is a girl. Thanks for listening. Gosh, how I hate to butt in here again, but I NEED to give you a rational answer. We understand your point of sex and gender being two different things, but it doesn't matter if one side would gain more from being right. I mean, this is exactly what I meant when I said that calling Killua gay would be beneficial to the homosexual community, but it is not what we should do. And besides, I think there is more Gon X Killua material on the internet than any other HxH pairing, so the fandom can't be really relied on, as you highlighted.

Since there are hints in every possible direction regarding Alluka, we should just list all the possibilities: Alluka is most certainly (biologically) a male, Alluka may or may not think of himself/herself as a girl, Alluka might be male and Nanika female (as I always say, Killua calls Alluka a girl only when he refers to Nanika's powers: he might do so to convince others that Nanika is human, too). Being feminine or being gay does not mean you are transexual, too, so let's keep this in mind anyway. Genderless pronouns are the most appropriate, for the moment. We have seen Togashi's new illustration: the manga might restart soon. Let's wait for a while and see what happens.

And yes, it is uncommon for a Shounen manga to have transgender characters, and many of them resort to the most unthinkable excuses to protect the "orthosexuality" of their characters, it's the same with Killua, again. Besides, we do not necessarily consider them cisgender or leave out the possibility that they will not be cisgender in the future: simply, if no hint is given in that direction, there is no need to write it. I don't think you read "it's a straight boy/girl" anywhere on any page.