Firefox’s new mascot ‘Kit’ sparked a debate over pronouns and identity. But did Mozilla actually assign it a gender? Here’s what really happened.

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Mozilla introduced a new Firefox mascot named Kit, using they/them pronouns in a Reddit post. The pronoun choice sparked online controversy, with some users calling it 'woke' and threatening to switch browsers, while others dismissed the outrage as overblown. Mozilla's official branding guidelines actually list all pronouns (he/she/they/them/it) for Kit, suggesting the mascot has no fixed gender identity rather than being explicitly non-binary.

Mozilla’s New Firefox Mascot ‘Kit’ Triggers Online Backlash Over Pronouns

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