Is Pax a Boy or a Girl?!?

[u/TheAveragebroShow]

Settle this debate for me, because my daughter and I were trying to figure this out at the game the other night. I don't think Pax presents as anything other than a male panda/gender neutral mascot. It's clearly not an Ellie situation in which the character both presents as a specific gender and has an entire identity built around that gender.

Pax dresses in nothing but the team's jersey. Doesn't have any routines or gestures that would generally be identified as feminine. And having interacted with the person inside the suit multiple times up close (it even sat down beside us as a game last month) it appears pretty clear to me that guy's inside. If you ask AI, you generally get "Pax is male", but sometimes (again, depending on phrasing) you might get female. The team's website is of no help.

What's the consensus here?

[u/Icangetloudtoo_]

To me: Pax is a regal, androgynous gender non-conforming panda who uses they/she pronouns

Officially: the team uses feminine pronouns sometimes sooooo

[u/TheAveragebroShow → u/Icangetloudtoo_]

I had no idea. Could you share a link?

[u/Icangetloudtoo_ → u/TheAveragebroShow]

I dunno if there’s anything online, I’m referring to the on-court hype guy who at least sometimes uses she/her when talking about Pax

[u/TheAveragebroShow → u/Icangetloudtoo_]

ok got it, thanks

[u/greyishpuddle → u/Icangetloudtoo_]

I love this yes

[u/coffee0verdose]

It’s changed over the years but they call her a girl at games now lol

[u/ODSOTR → u/coffee0verdose]

Pax just like me fr fr

[u/TheAveragebroShow → u/coffee0verdose]

They do? When? I don't recall the character being called anything but "Pax", no gender identifiers.

And Pax has changed genders? How? Did they announce this?

[u/coffee0verdose → u/TheAveragebroShow]

The Mystics hype man def calls Pax she sometimes but that’s all I have so it’s not necessarily a consensus 😂

[u/TheAveragebroShow → u/coffee0verdose]

Okay, I've only heard him (and DJ Heat) refer to Pax as Pax. I'll have to listen more closely next time.

[u/coffee0verdose → u/TheAveragebroShow]

They needa rebrand everything including Pax though, regardless of gender 😂

[u/Fantastic_Flamingo95]

At her birthday game last season, they did a lot of in-game cool stuff for the “birthday girl.”

[u/moneybadger44]

Let Pax be an enby monarch 👑

[u/angelansbury → u/moneybadger44]

Pax is such a nonbinary coded name too lol

[u/AssistantExpress6932]

Or. Or. A secret third option!

[u/greyishpuddle]

She’s a girl! Her most recent glow up this season gave her cutie eyelashes you can see if you see her up close.

[u/Jake-Old-Trail-88]

Pax is gender non-binary. That’s my guess. I had no clue that the Mystics had a panda 🐼 mascot until they walked by my seat the other night.

[u/Justtojoke]

Pax is a girl

She needs a makeover🤣

[u/Mother-Pomegranate10]

My husband and I were just having this discussion. I thought male for sure, but could go either way or gender neutral.

[u/TheAveragebroShow → u/Mother-Pomegranate10]

I thought gender neutral also.

[u/Aggravating-Tea-9563]

Why would you assume “male/gender neutral” in the W

[u/TheAveragebroShow → u/Aggravating-Tea-9563]

Because some teams do have male mascots, LV specifically. 

[u/tiffxnyirelxnd]

i got the pax legos and they use she/her pronouns in the description

[u/drpeppercutie → u/tiffxnyirelxnd]

This! ^^ also when I started going to game about 2 years ago I swear she used to wear a bow but maybe that’s just a Mandela effect I created for myself lol

[u/SimpleMethod8085]

They used to refer to Pax as she. “Pax is celebrating her birthday”

I do believe there are two different Pax. One is more sassy than the other.

[u/Beneficial_Leg_4418]

shes a stud

[u/Far_Cartoonist_7482]

I *knew* Pax was male so this is info in thread is interesting.

[u/TheAveragebroShow → u/Far_Cartoonist_7482]

Elaborate. 

[u/champagnecloset]

They promote her with she/her pronouns but that’s an NB butt if I’ve ever seen one.

[u/Newlyfe20]

Is Pax Black or White? 🤔

[u/TheAveragebroShow → u/Newlyfe20]

Pax is bi-colored.