Gender

Avatar Gender on Gaia Online is male and female. The male avatar appears more bulky and muscular while the female is more slim and curvy. The notable characteristics on the male avatar are the clinched fist and a foot that points facing the viewer, while the female avatar has relaxed hands with 3 visible fingers (though Gaia Staff says officially Gaians have four) with both feet facing at an angle.

In the Account Settings a User is given the option of changing their gender, the first 2 changes are free. While 10,000 gold is compounded for every extra change. They can also change the gender by deleting the avatar and re-creating it. Though it must be noted that any special skins or hair that was on the avatar would be lost due to the deletion, but they can be regained by going back to the shops that held the skin and hair the avatar originally had.

Some Users who have used up the ability to change their gender for free, will do quest for gold in order to pay the fee to change their gender switch.

There have been many suggestions and petitions that are about getting gender changes for free or lowering the cost of it. But Gaia will not change their decisions on this, because spur-of-the-moment changes are taxing on the sites servers.