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>>9772580
>She's referred to as female in a japanese interview.
I don't doubt that Super's Red is supposed to be female, but definitely the final design was made more androgenous. Also, I seem to recall an interview with a designer back in the day being asked why that is, and he said "sorry, I cannot say," almost as if they were toying with making her an effeminate guy.

>>9692752
>and they turned Red into a troon
...Red's just female. A tomboyish bokukko, sure, but woman nonetheless. It's more obvious that she's a girl in the early concepts, so they probably made her more androgenous-looking in the final design to be a bit more recognizable.

Look at this early art for Red. Clearly female.