“No,” Dorrek admits. “That would... undermine me so early in my reign.”

So he sighs and ruffles his hair a bit.

“Bad enough that I am part Kree. Bad enough that I lack the ears and chin of my people and instead have large claws and shoulder armor. Bad enough that my hair and eyes remind them of my Kree blood. But to choose a male form and seek a male partner instead of asking them to be a woman for me would be... difficult.”

Which of course he doesn’t expect Gar to understand. But he doesn’t expect anyone to believe him if he claims it either.