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Newlywed bride asked to say ‘beta’ for a future child; her one-word reply is now going viral. WatchA bride's simple word choice at her Indian wedding has gone viral. During a ritual, she replaced the traditional 'beta' with 'baccha' when ...
New Chinese gender-neutral pronoun 'X也' joins Unicode: A win for non-binary visibilityA new gender-neutral pronoun, 'X也' (ta), is set to revolutionize Chinese language use. Approved by Unicode in September 2025, this characte...
Elon Musk mocks Wisconsin governor’s gender-neutral language proposal: Here’s what he saidElon Musk has mocked Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ proposal to introduce gender-neutral language. The changes suggested by Evers seek to r...
Amazon, Microsoft lead efforts to tackle inherent biases in GenAIGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are not free of inherent biases, and several ongoing projects from the likes of Amazon and...
How Supreme Court’s gender-just handbook could further enable India Inc to embrace inclusive languageThe 30-page handbook by the Supreme Court has a “glossary of gender-unjust terms and suggests alternative words or phrases which may be use...
Insulting woman, being rude to her wouldn't amount to outraging modesty: HCThe high court also said gender-specific laws are not meant to be "anti-opposite gender" but to serve the purpose of addressing unique issu...
Removing Siri's default female voice may be a win for feminism: It's time for Apple to look at gender-neutral voiceSiri has been criticised as embodying several facets of gender bias in AI.
Twitter introduces Arabic (feminine) language option as part of inclusion and diversity driveIn Arabic, verbs agree with the gender of their subject.
Pinterest will let users choose gender pronouns from nine optionsUsers will be able to pick pronouns ranging from the more traditional he/him or she/her to others such as Xe/Xem or Ze/Zir.
Is a germ’s gender really germane?Académie Française’s gender-changing characterisation is confusing the issue.
A game of tongues or a yen for gibberish?If people are so enamoured of High Valyrian, make it lingua franca for a Mars settlement.
Time to ship out gendered language?English has become politically correct; but it’s not smooth sailing for others.
How cos can include more women: Gender-neutral language in JDs, more females in hiring teamsStereotyping based on traditional gender roles affects decision-making at the earliest stages of the process.
Does grammar need to be understanding?Whether genders should change in a sentence according to the placement of past participles is an arcane enough debating point, but clinging...
Changing grammar of gender politicsA majority principle where gender would depend on whether the collection of people has more men or women works only in some cases but it wo...
British law firm drops use of 'Dear Sirs' to go gender neutralIn the UK, the firm will now address all communications to "Dear Sir or Madam", while in the US all correspondence will start with "Dear La...
'Mx' is cordially invited, Oxford dictionary to add new titleOver the past two years the title has been quietly added to official forms and databases in Britain and is now being considered for inclusi...
- Gender-neutrality of English should not be compromised
One of the best things about the English used to be its gender-neutrality. Any non-native speaker of languages would vouchsafe.
- Political correctness will kill language
Things look black, or shall we say grim, for those who are not mindful of what they say, at least in Britain.
- Facebook asks users to cut grammatical errors
Facebook will press members to declare whether they are male or female to end the grammatical device that refers to individual users. Phish...