"Gender is a pretty solid thing. If someone says 'oh, this Knight is a male', I'll believe them, because it's obvious. Why would I think there was a gender swapping aspect?"
"Of course, but that's not the first thing someone thinks of. If someone said to you 'Oh yeah, FANG is a man', would the first thought you'd have be 'Oh no, something is wrong here, clearly he's a transgender, or quite possibly transgender'. It's not the first thought anyone's going to have."