What makes this moment particularly striking is that Chinese did not originally have gendered pronouns at all. The character ...

Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.

A new gender-neutral pronoun, 'X也' (ta), is set to revolutionize Chinese language use. Approved by Unicode in September 2025, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The growing number of LGBTQ+ service members in the United States military has opened the discussion surrounding the use of different reference forms, including titles and pronouns, in the military.