ghostwunk:

(From the super Mario wikia, quote from super Mario bros 2)

Posting this because the reason I call her Birdetta is because she’s a trans woman and Birdetta is her preferred name (aka, her real name) and Birdo is actually her dead name. In the Japanese version she goes by Catherine and Cathy.

She’s a trans female character that for a long time was recognized as this transmisogynistic trope that was treated horribly in games until Mario Kart Double Dash where she was paired with Yoshi. Even then she was still disrespected in the Japanese version saying “is she his girlfriend or his boyfriend?” And wasn’t really recognized as Yoshi’s girlfriend until Mario Tennis.

Nintendo still calls her by her dead name, so you don’t have to call her Birdetta, but since that seems to be her name she’s more comfortable with in the English version (her actual name) it’d be more respectful to call her that! Sharing this for those who like her but don’t know this.