Post #4184404

2026-07-29 05:59 UTC

When you go gender neutral in English, it's a barely noticeable they/them. When you go gender neutral in Spanish, it's seriously in your face. From an invite I'm creating. Convivencia de Ambiente El primer encuentro de una convivencia periódica para mujerxs, muxes, mujerxs trans, hombrxs trans, no binarixs, agénerxs, intersexualxs, y algunas personxs fuera del patriarcado. No, I'm not sure that "algunas" shouldn't have an "x". My hacked “AI” grammar checker says no, but I'm dubious. However it's an unofficial standard, so there's no handy rule book. I suppose a native speaker might have a better feel.

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@rober@masto.es 2026-07-29 06:32

@nazgul@infosec.exchange A native speaker would tell you to avoid using "x" to go gender neutral, as you can't pronounce that in Spanish. Even if you are only going to write it, screen readers users exists. Instead, "e" is a better alternative. Example: no binarios -> no binaries. (Tip: words already ended in "e" are mostly gender neutral and you can change the gender you refer to by changing the article. Example: Los/Las/Les intersexuales) Another thing to consider is that some words are already gender neutral by definition. "Personas" is one of them. No need to write it differently. Indeed, it is a very common technique, if you want to go gender neutral without changing grammar, to use "persona". For example: "Eres hermoso" -> "Eres una persona hermosa" And finally, some words are gendered no matter what you do. In your text it doesn't make sense to write "mujerxs" or "hombrxs" as those two words only refer to women and men. Which is ok as you later also mention non-binary people, but take that in mind.

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