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 ...

The European Union-funded group has banned common terms such as "Englishman" and "maiden name" in a diversity drive aimed at ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Don't call it a manhole. It's a "maintenance hole." Tell your brother sibling that man-made human-made manholes maintenance holes will now be renamed with gender-neutral language.