I hope the Writing doesn't remain like it did from Post 5.0 to Now (post 6.0)

[Iscah]

Just take a trip through twitter to see just how many "This is my Azem, they're just like me" posts one can find.

To be fair, we're quite definitely told that Azem is indeed just like you, right down to some degree of appearance. IIRC it's ambiguous whether this is at a physical or aetherial level, but enough people are going to decide-or-interpret it as physical, and it's not like we have anything else to go on. If they share your gender, why not other attributes?