#genderless characters

It seems to me that finding agender representation in popculture, books and media is almost impossible; unless you are okay with genderless angels or robots/androids or other fantasy or science fiction creatures.

I have written an agender angel character myself who is on the ace spectrum (in German, "Blutige Flügel")

I also have written a novella in German and English with an agender human person. I am doing a Give Away for the English version, "A Fundraiser Concert with the Demonettes".

Here is the link to the download: https://bit.ly/Demonettes

It leads to my Dropbox, where you can directly download the e-book as an epub or PDF. (For the download, it is not necessary to register with Dropbox or sign in.)

Urban Unity

Some quick doodles redesigning my characters that need redesigning.

Some original characters of mine that I redesigned. I added the old designs from 2019 for reference.

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Do not use my art without my permission!

I found this article on writing, and translating, genderless characters in novels. I thought it was interesting, and gave me much to think about the importance of gender in the characters I am working on currently. Is it really that important?

As you will find in the article, for English, it is easier to write genderless characters because most words do not have gender. However, it gets trickier in other languages, like French and Spanish. I have observed that using “x” in Spanish to avoid using either “o” for male and “a” for female can get tricky, and might not be taken well by all readers.

How would you guys avoid using gender? Do you think it is possible in Spanish?

Feel free to voice your opinion.