Giovanna wrote:

Princess, I think. Utena likes to think herself a prince, but as a gender distinction I think she would recognize herself as female and use the princess bathroom.

I never took Utena, despite her princing, to identify as any gender but female. It might irritate her though that they distinguish in that language. :

And some of the other Duelists would undoubtably try to tease her for using the Princess restroom or try to goad her into using the Prince restroom.

On the subject of Utena's gender...yeah I definitely read her as cisgendered too. I'm noticed on Tumblr there's a growing number of people who interpret her as trans, and while they certainly are entitled to their head canons, and it's great if trans folk are able to relate to her, but I just don't think she's intended not to be cisgendered. I think she's supposed to be cis and bisexual in the anime, and in the manga probably cis and bi with a general preference for guys.
I think if she did decide to use the prince restroom, it would not be because she identifies as male, but because she identifies as a prince so strongly that she's not comfortable using a restroom marked princess. But more than likely she'd probably hesitate for a moment before going ahead to use the princess bathroom, maybe peeing her shorts because she took a moment to stare at the doors.
I thought this would make a cute cosplay masquerade skit haha, with a cardboard backdrop of the restroom doors with poor Utena hesitating over which restroom to use

Last edited by Kae-Leah (01-28-2016 07:03:51 PM)

Utena would eschew both options and go behind the restrooms as an act of defiance!
And with her luck she'd be caught and have to justify herself.