Thanks for your interest, to answer your question, I normally end up plying the male character for one reason or another.
As for which gender I prefer I don't really prefer play one gender in particular gender,. which I'm better at playing at I've been told I'm better playing males then females.
If there is a particular you want to play just let me know and I'm sure we can work something out, anyway if you could send me a PM with your ideas I'll take a look.

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Also updated my first post a little.