History Main / NoBiologicalSex

* Aigis, of ''Persona3'', is [[RobotGirl an android.]] She identifies as female, however. As the protagonist bonds with her, she becomes increasingly troubled by her feelings of love for him, [[{{Deconstruction}} and the fact that she is biologically incapable of sex.]]

Whenever a character has no genitals or secondary sex characteristics. They may identify with a specific gender[[hottip:*:due to the fact that gender is an identity and may or may not match up to one's physical body]] for reasons other than the physical, or they may identify as something else entirely. This is frequently a trait of spirits and spiritual beings, who don't have physical bodies in the first place.

Compare AmbiguousGender, when the character does have a physical sex but the viewers/readers simply don't know what it is, and AnimeAnatomy, when the body parts in question are presumably meant to be there but are not drawn for censorship reasons. Also compare PurelyAestheticGender when the gender of a video game character is completely irrelevant so that they might as well have NoBiologicalSex as far as the plot is concerned. A {{Hermaphrodite}} has ''both'' sexes, and is thus both the opposite of this trope and sort of similar.

** Christians are much more likely than Jews or Muslims to think of God as male because He got a woman pregnant [[RapeIsOkayIfItsDivineOnMortal without her consent]] and sired a male who was also himself, in a way, depending on which Christian sect you ask.

* [[TheBible YHWH]] technically doesn't have or need a physical sex. [[EldritchAbomination Being an unfathomable entity,]] this is a given. In the past, God has been arbitrarily assigned male gender nouns and pronouns because 'It' [[ItIsDehumanizing seems disrespectful]] and His people were originally patriarchal. However, feminine nouns are sometimes used in Jewish religious literature when God is credited with female gender characteristics such as nurturing and tenderness.

* ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': Kyubey. Fans generally refer to it as male, but it really doesn't seem to be either one.

Note that due to a lack of alternate phrases in the English language, referring to a character as "sexless" does not mean that they're {{Asexual}}, which instead deals with sexual orientation and attraction, nor does it mean that a character does not or cannot ''have'' sex. No, we're not renaming this trope again.

* Cloud of Darkness, as seen in ''FinalFantasyIII'' and ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'', appears female (particularly in the latter) and is referred to with female pronouns... but as the name implies, she's just the physical form of a literal cloud of darkness, and actually refers to herself with "We". Therefore, she can't be said to ''be'' female.
** Do take note that the "We" refers not only to the Cloud of Darkness, but also to her two tentacles, which apparently are sentient apart from her.
* The two requisite wise mystic thingies in the EccoTheDolphin series, the Asterite and the Guardian, are a sexless giant strand of DNA and genderless giant psychic crystal, respectively.

* The SuperMarioBros series has the [[OneGenderRace Yoshis]], all of which have NoBiologicalSex. And yet despite this, they lay eggs. [[MST3KMantra Don't think too hard about this]].
* Aigis, of Persona3, is [[RobotGirl an android.]] She identifies as female, however. As the protagonist bonds with her, she becomes increasingly troubled by her feelings of love for him, [[Deconstruction and the fact that she is biologically incapable of sex.]]

* Sanyiel from HeroInTraining has no physical sex, although he passes for male. This becomes a bit of a complication when he gets a girlfriend...

* All angels in the expanded Vertigo universe, which means they've made several appearances in ''{{Hellblazer}}'', ''{{Sandman}}'' and their respective spin-offs.

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* Golems on Terry Pratchett's {{Discworld}}. Most are referred to with male pronouns, for the usual reasons. In ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' one was arbitrarily declared female because some women on the Post Office staff were bothered by the notion of an arbitrarily male golem cleaning their restroom.

Note that due to a lack of alternate phrases in the English language, referring to a character as "sexless" does not mean that they're {{Asexual}}, which instead deals with sexual orientation and attraction, nor does it mean that a character does not or cannot ''have'' sex.

* The Shinigami of ''DeathNote'' do identify themselves as male or female (meaning that they do in fact have genders), but it is clearly stated that they cannot have have sexual relations of any kind, and odds are that they don't have any sexual organs, and even if they do they're most likely non-functional.

Whenever a character has no genitals or secondary sex characteristics. They may identify with a specific gender for reasons other than the physical, or they may identify as something else entirely. This is frequently a trait of spirits and spiritual beings, who don't have physical bodies in the first place.

* The Shinigami of ''DeathNote'' Do identify themselves as male or female, butit is clearly stated that they cannot have have sexual relations of any kind, it isn't made clear if they have genitalia or not, but if it there it really isn't doing much

** Hana from ''{{Gate 7}}'' looks female, but is actually genderless.

* Metatron, the Voice of God, in ''{{Dogma}}''. And all the other angels. And Serendipity.[[hottip:*:That's not MyFriendsAndZoidberg, Serendipity is in fact a muse, not an angel.]]

* In Literature/TimeScout, Armstrong is a character with an ambiguous sexual identity. He could be a feminine man. She could be a masculine woman. She never identifies as either and he can pass for either. His hair is cut short, she wears wigs, and long-necked clothing eliminates the possibility of seeing an adam's apple.

* The SuperMarioBros series has the [[OneGenderRace Yoshis]], all of which have NoBiologicalSex.

* Warforged from the ''DungeonsAndDragons'' ''{{Eberron}}'' campaign setting are sexless. They may have a gender identity, but given that they have no biological basis for it, they generally either go along with whatever those around them label them, or just pick whichever feels right.

* Comparable to the above examples, the Naaru of ''WorldOfWarcraft''. They get referred to with male pronouns because calling them 'it' would be insulting, but not being even humanoid, the few we've seen appear entirely sexless.

Note that due to a lack of alternate phrases in the English language, referring to a character as "sexless" does not mean that they're {{Asexual}}, which instead deals with sexual orientation and attraction, nor does it mean that a character does not or cannot ''have'' sex, [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean in the Biblical sense]].

Compare AmbiguousGender, when the character does have a physical sex but the viewers/readers simply don't know what it is, and AnimeAnatomy, when the body parts in question are presumably meant to be there but are not drawn for censorship reasons. Also compare PurelyAestheticGender when the gender of a video game character is completely irrelevant so that they might as well have NoGender as far as the plot is concerned. A {{Hermaphrodite}} has ''both'' sexes, and is thus both the opposite of this trope and sort of similar.

* The SuperMarioBros series has the [[OneGenderRace Yoshis]], all of which have NoGender.