my expert opinions as a gay trans furry on the pokemons identities and other relations to LGBTQ: OFFICIAL!
NO HEADCANONS.
Lesbians will be bolded for convenience
articuno: Cis female bird with no sapience or concept of gender
zapdos: Cis intersex bird with no sapience or concept of gender
moltres: Cis female bird with no sapience or concept of gender
mewtwo: Aroace transfem (she voice trained before the genesect movie)
raikou: Cis straight male tiger thing
Entei: Butch cis lesbian dog
Suicune: Futch trans lesbian catdog (she doesnt voice train for the celebi movie)
Lugia: Straight Transmasc in his late 40's that aims for stealth
Ho oh: Cis Male Bird With No Sapience Or Concept of Gender
Regirock: Rock who has was raised in only the presence of his 4 brothers and did not have a society from which to derive gender roles and presentation. They are all asexual and agender
Regice: Asexual and agender, see Regirock.
Registeel: Asexual and agender see Regirock.
Latios: Closeted trans girl who feels hopeless due to her species' sexual dimorphism making it harder to pass
Latias: Cis girl who encourages Latios to transition and they develop a romance
Kyogre: Cis comphet middle aged man
Groudon: Cis comphet middle aged man
Rayquaza: Nonbinary middle aged person who wants to teach their geriatric peers about gender presentation but they wont stop fighting
Uxie: Girlfriends with Azelf and Mesprit
Azelf: Girlfriends with Uxie and Mesprit
Mesprit: Girlfriends with Azelf and Uxie, they are all transfem
Dialga: Cis straight man despite being a sexless time entity*
Palkia: Cis straight woman despite being a sexless time entity*
Giratina: Centipede that does not have a concept of gender
Heatran: This guy isnt even a legendary its just a species. how am i supposed to treat it like a character when you get a different one in every game and it doesnt even play a role in the lore. to me its on the level of volcarona and ursaluna bloodmoon where its just a non-legendary that everyone treats as important but in this case they arbitrarily slapped the legendary label on it because they didnt want to set a precedent of two psuedos per gen since it's following up gen 3.
Regigigas: Same case as regirock, but understands human genders and sexualities and is a passive ally
Cresselia: Aroace Trans girl who got really into witches and feminine spirituality and the moon and stuff and went by Luna at some point
Cobalion: Former Stone Butch Lesbian who transitioned in his late 40's and now runs a d&d group
Terrakion: Trans man dating cobalion, they play warhammer and do bodybuilding in their free time
Virizion: Cis woman who surrounds herself with the queer couple Cobalion and Terrakion. His egg will crack eventually!
Tornadus: A Trans Man, look at his top scars! A therian furry too. He fights with Thundurus for Landorus' attention.
Thundurus: Also a trans man, but he also secretly loves Tornadus and doesnt know if he'll still feel that way if they stop fighting over Landorus.
Landorus: Aromantic Trans man who sees Tornadus and Thundurus' fighting as a cute platonic running joke, oblivious to what's really happening.
Reshiram: Cis aroace woman who battles kyurem because she's a good ally
Zekrom: Cis aroace man who teams up with reshiram to kill kyurem because he understands how important allyship is to his trans friends
Kyurem: Transphobic cis man
Xerneas: Cis straight scene girl dating emo trans boy Yveltal
Yveltal: Trans boy who embraces 2000's MCR emo hot topic aesthetic
Zygarde: label-less plural system
Type: Null: Asexual Transmasc*
Silvally: Also asexual transmasc because he is the same guy as Type: Null*
Tapu Koko: Closeted Transfem who wants to join Tapu lele and Tapu fini's polycule
Tapu lele: Transfem who dates Tapu Fini
Tapu bulu: Cis gay man
Tapu fini: Cis girl who dates Tapu lele
Solgaleo: Transhet couple with Lunala, he is seen reproducing in Sun and Moon so you can get the postgame cosmog so this is the only explanation
Lunala: Trans girl married to Trans man Solgaleo, see my signature.
Necrozma: Aroace Agender Prism, similar to the regis' situation
Zacian: Trans Woman who transitioned so she could get fairy STAB, asexual
Zamazenta: Cis man ally who supports his sister, asexual
Eternatus: Fictosexual lesbian, as a cosmic entity that is made out of space bones she doesnt feel like she would get much out of a relationship, happily aromantic.*
Urshifu: Genderfluid butch lesbian
Regieleki: See regirock, no concept of gender because it existed before humans and has been sleeping in a chamber until the SWSH dlc released
Regidrago: Same as regieleki
Calyrex: Closeted gay man, had to perform comphet in order to secure his crown as king of galar in ancient times.
Glastrier: Agender asexual transmasc horse*
Spectrier: Agender asexual transfem horsegirl*
Enamorus: Hot take of mine but she's cis and straight, and the others of her group are all trans. She doesn't date because the others of her species are all gay dudes
Wo-chien: plural snail therian collection of souls trapped in a scroll
Chien-pao: plural leopard therian collection of souls trapped in a sword
Ting-lu: plural moose therian collection of souls trapped in a bowl
Chi-yu: plural goldfish therian collection of souls trapped in ornamental beads
Koraidon: Asexual Panromantic man in a tsundere situation with the other, evil koraidon
Miraidon: Asexual panromantic man in a tsundere situation with the other, evil miraidon
Okidogi: Homophobic straight man
Munkidori: Bioessentialist straight man
Fezandipiti: Closeted trans woman who surrounded herself with toxic friends and has internalized transphobia
Ogerpon: Aroace trans girl who battles the transphobic poison type quartet for her safety
EXCLUDED:
Cosmog, Cosmoem, Kubfu, and Terapagos because they are all children
*= Born sexless and adopted a gender presentation, and identifies as trans because of this. theres not a great term that encompasses this for humans so im clarifying it
NO HEADCANONS.
Lesbians will be bolded for convenience
articuno: Cis female bird with no sapience or concept of gender
zapdos: Cis intersex bird with no sapience or concept of gender
moltres: Cis female bird with no sapience or concept of gender
mewtwo: Aroace transfem (she voice trained before the genesect movie)
raikou: Cis straight male tiger thing
Entei: Butch cis lesbian dog
Suicune: Futch trans lesbian catdog (she doesnt voice train for the celebi movie)
Lugia: Straight Transmasc in his late 40's that aims for stealth
Ho oh: Cis Male Bird With No Sapience Or Concept of Gender
Regirock: Rock who has was raised in only the presence of his 4 brothers and did not have a society from which to derive gender roles and presentation. They are all asexual and agender
Regice: Asexual and agender, see Regirock.
Registeel: Asexual and agender see Regirock.
Latios: Closeted trans girl who feels hopeless due to her species' sexual dimorphism making it harder to pass
Latias: Cis girl who encourages Latios to transition and they develop a romance
Kyogre: Cis comphet middle aged man
Groudon: Cis comphet middle aged man
Rayquaza: Nonbinary middle aged person who wants to teach their geriatric peers about gender presentation but they wont stop fighting
Uxie: Girlfriends with Azelf and Mesprit
Azelf: Girlfriends with Uxie and Mesprit
Mesprit: Girlfriends with Azelf and Uxie, they are all transfem
Dialga: Cis straight man despite being a sexless time entity*
Palkia: Cis straight woman despite being a sexless time entity*
Giratina: Centipede that does not have a concept of gender
Heatran: This guy isnt even a legendary its just a species. how am i supposed to treat it like a character when you get a different one in every game and it doesnt even play a role in the lore. to me its on the level of volcarona and ursaluna bloodmoon where its just a non-legendary that everyone treats as important but in this case they arbitrarily slapped the legendary label on it because they didnt want to set a precedent of two psuedos per gen since it's following up gen 3.
Regigigas: Same case as regirock, but understands human genders and sexualities and is a passive ally
Cresselia: Aroace Trans girl who got really into witches and feminine spirituality and the moon and stuff and went by Luna at some point
Cobalion: Former Stone Butch Lesbian who transitioned in his late 40's and now runs a d&d group
Terrakion: Trans man dating cobalion, they play warhammer and do bodybuilding in their free time
Virizion: Cis woman who surrounds herself with the queer couple Cobalion and Terrakion. His egg will crack eventually!
Tornadus: A Trans Man, look at his top scars! A therian furry too. He fights with Thundurus for Landorus' attention.
Thundurus: Also a trans man, but he also secretly loves Tornadus and doesnt know if he'll still feel that way if they stop fighting over Landorus.
Landorus: Aromantic Trans man who sees Tornadus and Thundurus' fighting as a cute platonic running joke, oblivious to what's really happening.
Reshiram: Cis aroace woman who battles kyurem because she's a good ally
Zekrom: Cis aroace man who teams up with reshiram to kill kyurem because he understands how important allyship is to his trans friends
Kyurem: Transphobic cis man
Xerneas: Cis straight scene girl dating emo trans boy Yveltal
Yveltal: Trans boy who embraces 2000's MCR emo hot topic aesthetic
Zygarde: label-less plural system
Type: Null: Asexual Transmasc*
Silvally: Also asexual transmasc because he is the same guy as Type: Null*
Tapu Koko: Closeted Transfem who wants to join Tapu lele and Tapu fini's polycule
Tapu lele: Transfem who dates Tapu Fini
Tapu bulu: Cis gay man
Tapu fini: Cis girl who dates Tapu lele
Solgaleo: Transhet couple with Lunala, he is seen reproducing in Sun and Moon so you can get the postgame cosmog so this is the only explanation
Lunala: Trans girl married to Trans man Solgaleo, see my signature.
Necrozma: Aroace Agender Prism, similar to the regis' situation
Zacian: Trans Woman who transitioned so she could get fairy STAB, asexual
Zamazenta: Cis man ally who supports his sister, asexual
Eternatus: Fictosexual lesbian, as a cosmic entity that is made out of space bones she doesnt feel like she would get much out of a relationship, happily aromantic.*
Urshifu: Genderfluid butch lesbian
Regieleki: See regirock, no concept of gender because it existed before humans and has been sleeping in a chamber until the SWSH dlc released
Regidrago: Same as regieleki
Calyrex: Closeted gay man, had to perform comphet in order to secure his crown as king of galar in ancient times.
Glastrier: Agender asexual transmasc horse*
Spectrier: Agender asexual transfem horsegirl*
Enamorus: Hot take of mine but she's cis and straight, and the others of her group are all trans. She doesn't date because the others of her species are all gay dudes
Wo-chien: plural snail therian collection of souls trapped in a scroll
Chien-pao: plural leopard therian collection of souls trapped in a sword
Ting-lu: plural moose therian collection of souls trapped in a bowl
Chi-yu: plural goldfish therian collection of souls trapped in ornamental beads
Koraidon: Asexual Panromantic man in a tsundere situation with the other, evil koraidon
Miraidon: Asexual panromantic man in a tsundere situation with the other, evil miraidon
Okidogi: Homophobic straight man
Munkidori: Bioessentialist straight man
Fezandipiti: Closeted trans woman who surrounded herself with toxic friends and has internalized transphobia
Ogerpon: Aroace trans girl who battles the transphobic poison type quartet for her safety
EXCLUDED:
Cosmog, Cosmoem, Kubfu, and Terapagos because they are all children
*= Born sexless and adopted a gender presentation, and identifies as trans because of this. theres not a great term that encompasses this for humans so im clarifying it
