Quote Originally Posted by TitanMenII View Post
A NB student came into my office today and mentioned how they don't feel represented in media. As more people come out as non-binary, like Bella Ramsey (https://gamerant.com/the-last-of-us-...sey-nonbinary/), I think FF14 also has a role in being inclusive with gender identity as more and more people identify as NB, third gender, queergender or genderless:



I hope that Square Enix can make a progressive statement and let the first MMO include non-binary/third gender choices during character customization. If they want to go further, they could even make new racial models that have a queergender aesthetic, like Shadowbringers Urianger, which would allow for deeper customization as even people in the gender binary would also be interested in playing gender-ambiguous characters.
This might have been said before, so apologies for not reading through 24 existing pages :P, but as much as I think this would be lovely for additional player choice and representation, you have to consider the costs in doing so. It's not just adding "playergender=they/them" into texts, there's also the fact FFXIV has an incredible amount of voice acting and, since ARR, most voice actors have been replaced - so not only would they have to have their current voice actors re-record lines to use "they/them", they'd also have to rehire the previous voice actors to do as well.

Unfortunately, your idea of having a third bodychoice for each of the player races, whilst an ideal way to handle gender-non-conforming characters, would also be too costly to prioritise in place of other features. The game already takes enough time giving us female Hrothgar after the wait we had for male Viera, but adding eight new models with options that aren't present in the male/female choices would be a massive undertaking by comparison. If anything, it would be more cost-effective and resourceful to add some sex-locked character creator options into the opposite sex. For an easy example, trans-male Au Ra having female Au Ra horns and vice versa.

Honestly the most realistic way to add trans choices at this point in time is to seperate the existing pronouns from the character's sex and let the players choose them during creation. Everything else would take more resources than many would see worthwhile, dev team included.

TL;DR
Nonbinary representation would be amazing in an already, equally amazing MMO, but considering the resources that would be required, it's unlikely to happen. Seperating the existing pronouns and turning them into a choice during character creation might be the most realistic halfway point.