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Introducing Multi-Gender Hebrew Michal Shomer Download (3.91 MB) Abstract. Multi-Gender Hebrew is a new set of Hebrew letters facilitating multi-gender reading and writing, to promote gender equality, created by designer Michal Shomer. These letters were first introduced to the public in 2019. In 2021, the creator released a full free version for download of the new letters including a digital keyboard allowing users to type them. The letters are added to the existing modern Hebrew alphabet to expand the gender categories of the Hebrew language, which, by default, has two grammatical genders: feminine or masculine. With the new letters, Hebrew speakers can express a gender-neutral and a multi-gender intention in the written language, and they are doing so: individuals as well as organizations are using the new letters in various ways, such as in signage, marketing and writing. Multi-Gender Hebrew receives a lot of reaction and recognition locally and globally, and has driven the debate about gender equality in the Israeli public. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36824/2022-graf-shom How to cite How to cite in BIB Michal Shomer (2022), “Introducing Multi-Gender Hebrew,” in Proceedings of Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, 2022 (Yannis Haralambous, Ed.), Grapholinguistics and Its Applications, Vol. 10, Brest: Fluxus Editions, 399–418. @INPROCEEDINGS{gla10-shom, AUTHOR = {Michal Shomer}, EDITOR = {Haralambous, Yannis}, TITLE = {{Introducing Multi-Gender Hebrew}}, BOOKTITLE = {{Proceedings of Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, 2022}}, SERIES = {{Grapholinguistics and Its Applications}}, VOLUME = {10}, PUBLISHER = {Fluxus Editions}, ADDRESS = {Brest}, YEAR = {2022}, PAGES = {399--418}, DOI = {https://doi.org/10.36824/2022-graf-shom}, }