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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 ...

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 ...

BECKET — Voters waded through a 37-article warrant in just over three hours Saturday, among them adopting gender-neutral pronouns throughout its bylaws. The vote was unanimous to adopt the ...

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 ...

For years, conversations about gender-neutral language have felt like a distinctly American—or at least English-speaking—debate. Pronouns like they/them have entered mainstream usage, corporate ...

It’s easy to see gender inequality as perpetuated by a few toxically masculine men, but gender bias is embedded in our social systems in many subtle ways too. One system that scientists have been ...

Opinion: Romance languages depend on gender for nearly everything. This puts the nonbinary population in a revolutionary position to fight for inclusivity, but governments are turning their heads to ...

“He,” “him” and “his” in the Wixom City Charter will be changed to “they,” “them” and “their.” By a slim margin, Wixom voters approved a proposal on Tuesday’s ballot to change gender-specific pronouns ...

House Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday to make the nation’s legal code more inclusive to women, nonbinary, intersex and gender-nonconforming Americans by replacing masculine generics with ...

Last month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. At issue was whether Idaho ...