An interesting question

[james_davis_nicoll]

Claire asked Ann Leckie:
Hello. I wondered if you were aware of the fact that in the french translation of Ancillary, Breq is male ?

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[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

I've also seen the @ symbol used to neutralize gendered vowels.

[rosefox]

As I understand it (I am not a Spanish-speaker), -x is preferred over -@ because @ is intended to be a combined a and o, and -x makes more space for non-binary identities.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. Thanks.