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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago

Actually the problem is not that hard to solve unless you are trying to be deliberately obnoxious:

You say "no binario\a" depending to the noun it defines. It's correct to say no binaria because it refers to a person (in spanish persona, female noun).

But it's also ok to say no binario if you refer to a human being (ser humano in spanish, this one male noun).