[NO EP 9 SPOILERS UNTIL THE BEES π]
Ever since Jax got put in a maid dress in episode 5 and the reveal of his girly-pink room in episode 7, transfemme Jax has been a widespread theory and headcanon, and more and more people use she/her pronouns for Jax.
That said, I am continuing using he/him for Jax. Let me explain.
Aside from gender =/= pronouns, when it comes to trans identities, unless the person themself tells you they're using XYZ pronouns, using different pronouns is still assuming gender/pronouns, as much as she/her-ing a femme presenting enby would be, even if your intention is well and even if those other pronouns fit your perception of their gender or whatever they've come out as (which tbh is never up to you anyway). There are he/him lesbians, there are he/him non-binary people, we simply DON'T KNOW where Jax falls nor do we know the pronouns he would even prefer (if any), even if the trans subtext is very clear. Don't make an ass out of yourself and Ming for assuming.
Now ofcourse Jax is a fictional character and the parameters are a bit different, but the way you treat fictional trans characters still reflects back on you. Implications and intentions of an author, creator, director, whatever weigh in obviously, but as Glitch exclusively uses he/him in and outside the show, and Gooseworx has never outright said anything aside from an HRT joke in a random doodle, she/her is nothing more than a headcanon at this point in time.
While I personally, as a trans person myself, am not 100% comfortable with people using she/her for Jax as more than a personal headcanon, I'm minding my business towards them. However, I absolutely do not fw people (especially cis people) making me feel bad or weird or like I'm hate criming/misgendering him for not using she/her.
[EP 9 SPOILERS AFTER THE BEES π]
Then there is also the fact that IRL-Jax uses masculine-presenting name and pronouns, and presents on the masculine side of androgynous/gnc. You can see it as him not having started MTF transition yet. But it can just as much be he already is transitioning FTM.
Ribbit did give Jax their ribbon (and he was clearly being affirmed by it), but she is trans herself just as much and wore it too, even if the wearing placement was more masculine while for Jax more typically feminine. And we don't know the parameters of the Circus rooms either. So far they all seem like to reflect their biggest insecurities, like Zooble's mirrors and Pomni's oversized furniture, so interpreting Jax to be raised as a girl while being trans masc or enby is just as a valid interpretation. We simply do not know.
There is just the infinite interpretations of his being. Toxic hypermasculine trans-guy that rejects any feminity, egg transfemme (even though he kinda implied he came out to his mom before leaving home/(almost) killing her), AMAB enby, AFAB enby, both post and pre-transition, and whatever else.
The "Isn't She Lovely" montage in the finale is the strongest evidence for pronouns, but it's still guesswork and assuming. Seriously, Ming is having a rough time...
Now I am AFAB transmasc non-binary, and for a long time my dysphoria made me reject any femininity, despite never identifying as a man. It just made me reject it all violently, I made myself stay away from the colours pink and purple, from flowers, from clothes from the women's section even if it visually was indistinguishable from the men's section. All while gender neutral or genderless always gave me the most euphoria, but I was simply overcompensating for how I grew up. I saw a lot of myself and my journey in Jax. Even the visceral rejection of the maid dress, and later realising he liked it anyway and seemed very comfortable later.
So anyway, unless Glitch or Gooseworx say or confirm anything else, I personally feel like he/him is the most correct way to address Jax. I'm not gonna tell others off for using other stuff, so please don't do it for me either. It's weird and uncomfortable. Especially if you are not trans yourself.
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