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I sent this suggestion to There Suggestions on 11/8/2003:

Avatar Name: Visolela

Your Comments:
I'm an intersex and transgendered person and would dearly like There.com to support one of a couple of suggestions about control of avatar appearance:
1) Ideally I would like to see a non-gendered avatar available for use I can provide further opinions about what an androgynous body would look like, but I suspect that this change to the system would be terribly difficult with very little payback for There.com, given that intersex people like me are rare.
2) Probably less of a challenge and still acceptable to me would be the ability to switch genders between masculine and feminine at will. It seems like this would integrate better into the avatar support infrastructure. changes to ChangeMe would probably be minimal and you already allow avatars to "Own" clothes their current gendered avatar can't wear, so flipping the gender flag should probably handle that part of the change. Also, I think that unlocking the other gender would be fun for people who just liked to dress up and increase clothing sales both for There and for designers in general if each avatar had the opportunity to play dress up directly with both genders.

Anyway, something for you to think about. I think it is my right to look and dress the way I want to, and I would love it if There would help me fulfill that right.

Thanks very much for your time,
Visolela

 

Last edited: November 8, 2003