On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. In celebration of Pride Month and ...
This section covers gender and sexuality for science communication, journalism, and inclusive writing. Subtopics include how to use “they” as a personal pronoun, recognition that gender identity and ...
A linguistic revolution is underway in the quest for more gender-inclusive language for Hebrew, whose modern form adopted grammatical norms from 3,000 years ago. Not everybody is on board. By Isabel ...
Reflecting on the existential challenge of being transgender, Jamie MaKinster offers suggestions for inclusive campus policies and practices around gendered language. Being transgender, especially at ...
When the United Nations introduced guidelines with gender-inclusive strategies for six major languages, not everyone was keen to jump on the bandwagon. Some felt the changes altered the symmetry of ...
A Texas school district offers a course that teaches students to use "gender-neutral" language when describing jobs in order to be more inclusive. The Judson Independent School District [JISD] told ...
A few months ago we had a lively and interesting discussion on the subject of changing languages for the sake of gender equality. I wasn't exactly a fan of the idea because my mother language (french) ...
The use of phrases such as “pregnant people” or “penis owners” in cultural or political discourse is sometimes met with confusion, or even anger. Why use these terms when, as some people ask, “only ...
Ferda Ataman, independent German commissioner for anti-discrimination, speaks at the Left Party conference at Vienna House by Wyndham Andel's Berlin. "Banning people from using inclusive language is a ...