Foul Play

The moderators of the Gearbox official forum began to issue warnings or even completely block user accounts for mis-messaging a new Borderlands 3 character, a robot named FL4K. Gearbox's official FL4K gender statement states:

“The pronouns FL4K - They / Them. “You are not forced to change your beliefs and point of view, but we bring clarity and affirm that writing about this character and addressing him should be done that way”

If suddenly, for some reason, progressive ideas of Western society are not circulating through your veins, then the term “misgendering” may seem unfamiliar, but we will try to fill this fatal knowledge gap.

"Misgendering" is the intentional or unintentional use of pronouns that do not correspond to the gender identity of the individual. Say, if you suddenly turned to an individual of an unknown sex and feminine appearance with the words “Girl”, then she may be seriously offended if she suddenly identifies herself as a man.

And now try to determine the gender of this character by the trailer dedicated to him: