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Düsseldorf / Cologne (dpa) - BAP singer Wolfgang Niedecken (69) finds gender stars annoying.

«Gender asterisks annoy me.

I would never write a gender asterisk anywhere.

Would seem silly to me, "said the musician of the" Rheinische Post "(Saturday).

The question of how to design written language in a gender-equitable manner is a less urgent problem for him than, for example, the corona crisis or environmental protection.

With his daughters, however, it is definitely an issue.

“We are also discussing this controversially.

I then say: girls, I get it, but it's silly to me.

They see that - and I can accept that it is not silly for them. "

The gender asterisk («colleague») is used to include male, female and other genders and gender identities in personal designations.

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