Just quickly checked this out as I love games like stardew valley - and It seems pretty promising so far.
I saw in character creation there is a greyed out female icon - so I assume you will be able to play as a woman but the option is not implemented yet?
Also, in the relationship tracker screen I noticed female characters had hearts and males, some other icon (not sure what it was) -
Please tell me you are NOT going to restrict dating to the opposite gender.