In America, when Godzilla was dubbed into Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Godzilla was a man. Yet in its original Japanese form, Godzilla was an it, an indefinable gender. Minilla seems to be a boy, but was adopted. And there was a Little Godzilla born in Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II. 

In Cressa Maeve Beer’s short, Little Godzilla and Godzilla are in the midst of a battle when the King of the Monsters notices that the child isn’t happy. When home, Godzilla notices that the child is sullen and just sits in their bedroom, watching Sailor Moon. The two kaiju have a discussion over tea, leading to the parent doing research and presenting Little Godzilla with a sweater in the colors of the trans flag.

Before you become upset about wokeness and this infiltrating your kaiju world, remember what I said above. Since the beginning, in Japan, Godzilla has never had a binary gender. It’s only been here where we’ve assumed that Godzilla is a man.

Does it even matter? I’m so pleased that Godzilla can affirm the child’s identity and help her to find her true identity so that they can get back to doing what they do best. Destroy Tokyo and dropkick other kaiju.

Even better, Toho posted this on their official Twitter on the last day of Pride Month a few years back. Here’s to Godzilla embracing being an open parent in the same way that it loves to shoot Atomic Breath in other creature’s scaly faces.

You can watch this on YouTube.