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Trans Organizing 101

How many languages have gendered pronouns?

Swedish

Han Singular masculine
Hon Singular feminine
Hen Singular gender neutral
  • 2015: Hen incorporated into official Swedish Academy Glossary.
  • 2019: Tavits & Perez (2019) finds that use of hen "is associated with people expressing less bias in favor of traditional gender roles and categories."
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Spanish (Argentina)

latino singular masculine
latina singular feminine
latin@, latinx singular neutral, developed mainly in U.S.
latine singular neutral, popularized in Argentina
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