In Argentina, Mira’s casual use of gender-neutral language in a television interview helped it spread across the country. Just weeks before he became Argentina’s president-elect, Alberto Fernández used it publicly in a speech to high school students. The confrontation made headlines across Argentina and the Spanish-speaking world, marking the first time the gender-neutral language had emerged in many mainstream news outlets. But Mira’s activism has changed the way they see the Spanish language, and the world around them. Only two genders exist, and such gender-neutral language is only used by leftist, “lower-class” people, he said.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2019 22:18 UTC