Original sentence: Akira Yasuda pointed that the female enemies were actually psychological mind games, and despite his objections, Poison and Roxy were replaced with regular male punks named "Billy" and "Sid" in the English localization
Edited sentence: According to the book All About Capcom Head to Head Fighting Games, the characters were originally planned to be female, but were changed to male transvestites (or more specifically "newhalfs")  due to the suggestion that "hitting women was considered rude" in America.Akira Yasuda pointed that the "female" enemies were actually transvestites, and despite his objections, Poison and Roxy were replaced with regular male punks named "Billy" and "Sid" in the English localization.But in Japan, she simply tucks her business away to look female.Commentary about her ending in the game in All About Capcom suggested that the character might have gotten a sex change.Introduced in the original Final Fight, Poison is an orphan who grew up to be a transvestite.The Final Fight-related character profiles featured in the 2005 compilation Capcom Classics Collection acknowledges Poison's transvestite characterization, while addressing Roxy as a "she" who dislikes Poison's cross-dressing.The discrepancy regarding Poison was addressed in an interview featured in the January 2008 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly with Street Fighter IV's producer Yoshinori Ono.When asked about the matter he stated "Let's set the record straight: In North America, Poison is officially a post-op transsexual