Ah, gender! A concept as elusive and shrouded in mystery as the world’s favorite pocket monsters! And so I have created this very scientifically sound quiz to help you catch both.
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Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She's a member of the Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.
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I git Eevee and I love it thank you, very accurate.
So did I! To be fair I only knew hades and aunt viv from the pics and knew none of the TV programs or any of who the other pictures were😅
I got Galarian Rapidash which sounds very accurate. But I also got made aware of lemon Oreo’s??? I must have them.
Lemon Oreos are amazing and I also recommend crumbling them and mixing with vanilla ice cream (and then freeze overnight) amazing!!!
How are you supposed to pick just one of those villains??
I got Gothorita and yeah, I can see that!
Galarian Rapidash. Hardened high femme? Spot on.
I am a Pokemon virgin but I like this character’s energy and description!
Your gender is Luxray:
You are electric! Mama energy and Papa energy, wrapped up in lightning! You see yourself clearly, even if you don’t reveal the fullness of who you are to everyone around you. And you can see through everything else, too.
I got Gothorita. Never heard of ‘em but you know what? I *do* get weepy at the pictures from the James Webb telescope, so this tracks!
i got garchomp and feel so seen
My kid got Luxray and is very psyched about it. 😊 I got Gothorita and don’t know enough to know how I feel about it.
I got Gothorita the first time around, which was clearly incorrect, so I tried again, and got Luxray – that makes much more sense!
I know nothing of Pokemon (never understood the appeal, personally), but I got Gothorita. Well, when it comes to gender, I’m a binary transwoman. When it it comes to exploring vastness, though? Well, I did study astrophysics in college (still wishing someone would let me use that education), so that’s spot on.
I am also a binary trans woman who got Gothorita. Honestly I’m very happy with that, love the fancy dress and hair ribbons!
I got sudowoodo! All I remember from Pokémon gold is that I had a super great sudowoodo bc I’d play them all the time. Very pleased about this
Very enjoyable and accurate. I do however had a typo nitpick for the Ms Marvel being listed as Mrs Marvel.
I am an old and have absolutely zero knowledge of Pokemon other than Pikachu is one. I also don’t have any experience with Oreos other than I hated the original one decades ago and never tried them again, and they have LEMON OREOS? Now I am going to hunt them down. Ugh and now I also suddenly want lemon coolers. But I got Mimikyu and that seems very accurate, as I am a big ole paul bunyan looking gay bear fairy, and also, I am having a black dog depression so I’d like to be a ghost and I’d kind of rather not be perceived
It was unreasonably hard to choose between Ms. Frizzle and Ms. Honey omg (I chose Ms Honey bc I identify more with Matilda and am more of a book gay than a science gay but still! two icons of queer awakening!)
feeling personally blessed by Heather Hogan this morning. thank you!
I got Gothorita without even telling you the high percentage of black clothing I own, so this seems like a very accurate quiz.
as a transmasc getting sudowoodo is both very accurate and VERY funny
I have never commented on an internet article in my whole life, and I know nothing about Pokemon. I only lurk, silently enjoying a gay internet quiz from time to time. I got Mimikyu. I have no idea what that means, but the picture does seem like an accurate depiction of my inner child.
:) Galarian Rapidash: People sometimes mistake you for an innocent equine pal. Sure, your mane is glittery. And yeah, you’ve got a magical horn. You’re majestic! But you’re just as likely to use Poison Jab as Sunny Day. You’re no Lisa Frank unicorn, is what I’m saying.
I kinda wish this actually had to do with Pokémon more? It was just kinda slipped in but was mostly just references to various media again
I got Gothorita, even though I tried for Mimikyu! I am not a Pokemon person, but there are a couple I think are really cute…Mimikyu being one of them. Oh well, at least Gothorita looks? spooky, which matches!