Talk:Unknown gender

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Canon term?

May I ask: 1) where the term genderless comes from; 2) whether it's canon; and 3) whether "gender unknown" (or "unknown gender", or some other variation on the phrase) is potentially also canon or even more canon?

Tiddlywinks gave this edit summary on cosmic duo when I tried to change "unknown gender" to "genderless": Requires discussion. B2W2/XY refer to unknown genders. It's also in the B2W2+ GTS.

I'm not familiar with any of those usages, and I can't find any reference to them on Bulbapedia via the search function. If Tiddlywinks is right about this terminology being canon, and if no one can dig up a canon source for the term genderless, then should we move this page (and all its children/grandchildren, like Category:Genderless Pokémon) to the "unknown" terminology? Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 02:10, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

To elucidate on the B2W2 and XY references:
From Black 2 (no idea where this is):

Here is a little advice! Keep a lot of Potions! Here is some more advice! Keep a lot of Poké Balls, too!
Your <Pokemon> is male! I wonder what the difference is between male and female Pokémon.
Your <Pokemon> is female! I wonder what the difference is between male and female Pokémon.
Your <Pokemon>... Its gender is unknown. I wonder what the difference is between male and female Pokémon.
I read the Help on the PC. I feel I became smarter!

From XY, either from the Poké Radar guy or in the same room:

There are male Pokémon, female Pokémon, and even Pokémon with unknown genders. Some Pokémon have a different appearance depending on gender.

You should also be able to choose "♂", "♀", or "Unknown" for a gender field in the GTS, but I haven't currently tested it so it could be off somehow.
Tiddlywinks (talk) 02:44, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Pokédex 3D (and/or Pro) also lists Pokemon as male, female or unknown. I remember a NPC in XY stating that "Pokemon can be male, female, or unknown", or something to that effect. I can't remember if it's the same person as the one Tiddlywinks mentioned or where the NPC was located, though. Ataro (talk) 02:58, 20 April 2017 (UTC)