The only reason we humans have genders is for reproductive purposes. Given that angels, and other souls don't reproduce the way we do, they have no need for either the male or the female sex.
That said, among humans, it isn't polite to refer to an intelligent, thinking being, as being an “it", so it becomes imperative to assign a gender based on whether the soul is more like a female, or more like a male.
Biblical angels tend to be tough warriors, (demon-fighters) so in general, they are referred to as male, because this designation causes less confusion. In reality, angels, and all souls in general, are “intersex", because they don't reproduce.
We should note initially that the term “angel” derives from a Greek term which suggests the idea of sending a message. It can be used in a very ordinary way of one who simply brings a message, as in the case of John the Baptizer (Mt. 11:10).
The Hebrew form of the term is even employed of the pre-incarnate Christ (see Mal. 3:1), though certainly Jesus was no angel in the common sense of that term – as the “Jehovah’s Witnesses” allege. The first chapter of Hebrews clearly refutes that notion.
Ordinarily, though, the word “angel” denotes a heavenly order of beings, below deity (Heb. 1:6), but above humanity (Heb. 2:7)
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