Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-46111060-20200617020808/@comment-44942841-20200617041532

Starikun wrote: I don't understand why gender neutral pronouns can't be used? That's a good compromise regardless of belief tl;dr using gender neutral pronouns for arashi is transphobic and canon trans erasure, especially since she herself continually states that she is a woman; many new fans use this wiki to learn about the characters and seeing gender neutral pronouns on her wiki will not let them see her as who she is: a canon trans woman. this defeats the purpose of her wiki since its point is to tell people about a character.

because arashi herself has spoken about her gender identity, especially in the more recent stories. she constantly presents herself in a feminine way and also pushes the fact that she is a woman. regardless of your personal beliefs, it is canon trans erasure and currently there is very little positive trans representation in today's media. regardless of someone's personal beliefs, she is written canonically as a trans woman, and the wiki should reflect that, especially since a singular person's beliefs do not reflect what the truth really is. many people use the wiki to find information on their favorite characters, and most of the new fans also use the wiki to simply learn more about the characters in general. by using gender neutral pronouns, they will likely assume that she is a feminine man or presents herself gender neutral in any way. this would keep them from properly learning about her character and they would misgender her. the first and foremost purpose of a wiki is to keep people informed despite discourse or arguments over characters or people's personal beliefs, and this wiki is not currently doing that with gender neutral pronouns for her. this is transphobic for many reasons. if someone tells you to use a specific set of pronouns for them, use them! this should not change even in fiction, regardless of your beliefs as it could affect how you treat trans people in real life as well. using gender neutral pronouns erases how arashi identifies as a trans woman and what the actual writers put in their stories. many of us have all been here long enough to know that each line in a story is deliberate, and the authors know exactly what they are doing when it comes to representing their characters and how they develop. if they wanted her to be seen as male or gender neutral, they would have made that very clear. hell, if they wanted her to be seen as a feminine man they could also do that while making it clear that she was not a woman. this is obviously not the case, since she and the other characters constantly refer to her as a woman or a big sister or whatever their name is for her. this got really long but arashi narukami is a trans woman and using gender neutral pronouns because of some people's beliefs erases her being a canon trans woman!!! anyways, i hope this helped you understand why gender neutral pronouns should not be used on her wiki anon.