On the Nature of Urushibara Luka and Transgenderism Leslie Exeter, edited by Fasty Twitter: @stratfoADV, @Fasty022 This report will seek to explore the sexuality, social gender, and biological sex of the character Urushibara Luka within the Steins;Gate visual novel. This report will aim to prove that Luka is not transgender at any point in the visual novel whatsoever. Acknowledgements All evidence used in this report will be derived from the original English scripts for the Steins;Gate JAST USA release. This version is the original version, with credible and sourced translators, and the difference between this version and the Steam version is minimal at best. In terms of readability, presentation, and accuracy in relation to the original Japanese scripts, it does a good job, and so we will not be using the Steam scripts. Information from these scripts will be cited from their respective files. The anime and manga adaptations of Steins;Gate will not be used as sources. Given their nature as adaptations, they remove information present in the original story due to time or space constraints. In order to benefit from the full picture, we will abstain from using any information not available in the source material, which is the visual novel in this case. Background Let us begin with a few key, objective facts that are established in Steins;Gate. Luka is biologically male in the first chapter of the story. Okabe refers to him as "the chief priest's son" [1], and Mayuri refers to him as "Luka-kun" [2]. Luka acknowledges that he is a male, and consistently corrects other characters when they refer to him otherwise. "'I am a guy... I even have an Adam's apple...' Lukako lifted his chin a bit, exposing his pale neck. That gesture was really sexy, but...There was indeed a lump on his neck," [3]. Despite this, Luka has various feminine qualities. "[T]he voice of a girl. The mannerisms of girl. More feminine than any girl I know," [1]. Okabe also refers to him as "Lukako"