• Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      26 days ago

      After suffering a severe illness in 1776, the Friend claimed to have died and been reanimated as a genderless evangelist named the Public Universal Friend, and afterward shunned both birth name and all pronouns.

      erm-this-you

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      The limitations of latin languages.

      To honour such a wonderful human being without implying gender (PUF’s wiki page in portuguese is not kind with their wishes of gender neutrality) is really an effort. I dare to say that’s barely impossible with “official” words.