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message 1: by Bogi (new)

Bogi Takács | 21 comments I have a bunch so far, but there has to be more, right? Recommendations are very welcome, self-promotion too, I'm trying to aim for completeness.

My list is here:

http://www.prezzey.net/2014/roundup-2...

Thank you for helping :)


message 2: by Kate (new)

Kate Heartfield | 7 comments Thanks for the list!


message 3: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 392 comments Mod
Bogi wrote: "I have a bunch so far, but there has to be more, right? Recommendations are very welcome, self-promotion too, I'm trying to aim for completeness.

My list is here:

http://www.prezzey.net/2014/roun..."


If you don't mind an author recommending their own story, my fantasy story "No Lonely Seafarer" has an intersex protagonist with a non-binary gender identity, even if those terms don't exist within the context of the story. It was in the September 2014 issue of Lightspeed. http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fic...


message 4: by Bogi (new)

Bogi Takács | 21 comments Thank you!! Can I copy this to the comments section of my post (asking since this is not a public forum) or would you like to do it yourself?


message 5: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 392 comments Mod
Go ahead!


message 6: by Bogi (new)

Bogi Takács | 21 comments Done, thanks again! (To everyone: there are a few other new additions too)


message 7: by Laura (new)

Laura (laurablackwell) | 17 comments I'm not sure if this qualifies (and it is one of mine) but I did have to make up future Spanish non-binary pronouns. The existing ones were a little too confusing to read out of context.

"The Distinct Mosaic of Marivel Parado"
http://www.sockdolager.net/distinct-m...
In You Gotta Wear Shades anthology

The reason I'm not sure it counts is because the non-gendered character is a humanoid AI program.


message 8: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 392 comments Mod
That sounds really interesting.


message 9: by Bogi (new)

Bogi Takács | 21 comments Thank you! This is already a 2015 story, right? *puts in TBR*


message 10: by Laura (new)

Laura (laurablackwell) | 17 comments Thanks for considering it! The story's from late 2014. The editor wanted it to be ready for the New Year.


message 11: by Outis (last edited Feb 07, 2015 04:40AM) (new)

Outis | 49 comments Laura wrote: "I'm not sure it counts is because the non-gendered character is a humanoid AI program."
If it was my list, whether the person is a character in the full sense of the word would matter more than whether they're biological or not. And the way I read them, these virtual persons aren't quite characters... but perhaps they're close enough that others would see them differently.


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