This story was withdrawn from publication in Clarkesworld. I am able to find it on the Internet, but out of that much respect for the author I will make you find the link for yourself. I have read some of the backstory but not nearly all of the spilled ink. But I am an activist in this space so was motivated to chase it down.
I understand it being viewed as controversial--it is a very unusual and continually disturbing take on the harnessing of gender roles for other purposes. The protagonist told her story in extremely personal terms. Isabell Fall is a writer who can really write, and I think it is a true loss for SF that she probably will never write again. I have seen so many tired takes on LGBTQ+ support and gender issues get nominated for awards, where the main contribution seems to be simply role reversal--putting women in place of men and homosexual for heterosexual relationships. This story takes gender seriously. And the setting--a postapocalyptic matchup between a fugitive human government and one run by an AI--pretty much gets lost in the controversy. I am sad that this went down the way it did.
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