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Given your clarification and that the fact that androgynes exist in your novel's world, I'll concur with the rest of the answers here -- purposefully concealing it will dissatisfy your readers beca...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T06:23:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Joe McMahon
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2019-12-08T06:23:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
Given your clarification and that the fact that androgynes exist in your novel's world, I'll concur with the rest of the answers here -- purposefully concealing it will dissatisfy your readers because it is pertinent to the plot. The only time I've seen this work is in [Sarah Caudwell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Caudwell)'s Hilary Tamar mysteries, in which the detective is written in such a way that either gender is a possible one. The character's gender is never part of the story, as opposed to your case.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-04-26T17:03:27Z (over 7 years ago)
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