Since reading about the Berkeley City Council's vote to replace more than two dozen terms used in the city's municipal code with gender-neutral words, I've been trying to remember a time when I felt ...

As the world becomes more aware of issues surrounding gender and sexuality, it's important also to be aware of the vocabulary that's commonly used in relation to these issues — and, perhaps more ...

In its most recent update, the Oxford English Dictionary added more than 1,000 words to its catalogue, including “YOLO,” “scrumdiddlyumptious,” and -- in a less silly move -- “gender-fluid.” The ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added 18 new words related to gender identity and the LGBTQ community in 2022, including the terms gender-affirming, brotherboy and pangender, according to a new ...

Dictionary.com announced Tuesday it has added 650 new words to its database, according to a press release obtained by CBS News. The site also made changes to over 15,000 current entries in a wide ...

A billboard advertisement for the delivery service Flink in Berlin uses what's called the "gender star" in the word Freund*in, a gender-neutral word for romantic partner. HANOVER, Germany — How do you ...

In the workplace, even subtle differences in language choice can influence the perception of gender, for better or worse. These choices fall into two main categories: minimizing the role of gender by ...

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A participant in the Queer Pride parade in New Delhi (Adnan Abidi / Reuters) This is the delicate job of the lexicographer: to watch culture and decide when its words are worth recording. Sometimes, ...

The German language is full of male and female nouns. Officials and businesses are tweaking words, including adding asterisks, to make them... Germany debates how to form gender-neutral words out of ...