Submitted by Our Languages blog on August 20, 2019, at 12:10
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This blog post isn’t available in French, since the singular “they” is specific to the English language. However, we encourage you to read Laurent Aussant’s post “Respecter la non-binarité de genre en français” (https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/fr/blogue-blog/respecter-la-no...), which offers some strategies for using gender-neutral language in French.