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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 ...

Using gender-neutral language in medical research may negatively affect women, medical experts argue in a paper due to be released this week. Using gender-inclusive language, which often involves body ...

As part of the 117th Congress now in progress, the House passed a new code of conduct that includes what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office calls “sweeping” ethical reforms, some of which are ...

Sometimes there’s just no substitute for a man. About half of the states have moved toward using gender-neutral language in their official documents, according to the National Conference of State ...

While supporters frame this as a step toward linguistic inclusion and modernisation, critics see it as unnecessarily changing ...

Parents who practise gender neutral parenting often use inclusive language and avoid gendered phrases like “boys don’t cry” or “that’s not ladylike”. They typically offer a range of role models and ...