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Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and GENDER encompasses these cultural and

Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) societal expectations of how girls, women, boys,
and men should be.
Gender-Fair Language
GENDER IDENTITY (GI) is a person’s deeply felt
I. Eliminate language that excludes or internal and individual experience of gender,
renders invisible persons of another whether as female, male, or another identity,
gender or people with diverse SOGIESC which may or may not align with their sex
a. The use of generic masculine assigned at birth.
b. The unwarranted use of
masculine pronouns GENDER EXPRESSION (GE) is the external
c. The use of masculine terms for appearance of a person’s gender, usually
professions, occupations and expressed through behavior, clothing, haircut,
roles names, pronouns, or voice, which may or may
d. The use of sex-appropriated not conform to their gender identity or to
terms. socially defined behaviors and characteristics
II. Eliminate language that trivializes or typically associated with being either feminine
diminishes the stature of persons of or masculine.
another gender or people with diverse
SOGIESC. When one’s gender expression aligns with their
a. The use of diminutive feminine gender identity, they are described as GENDER
suffixes CONFORMING.
b. The use of sex-linked modifiers
c. The use of gender-linked When one’s gender expression doesn’t match
modifiers their gender identity, they are GENDER NON-
d. The use of outdated honorifics CONFORMING.
and forms of address.
III. Eliminate language which disparages SEXUAL ORIENTATION (SO) is a person’s
and marginalizes persons of another inherent and enduring capacity for emotional,
gender or persons of diverse SOGIESC. romantic, or sexual attraction to people of a
a. The use of disparaging different gender, the same gender, or more
language. than one gender.
b. Gender stereotypes.
IV. Eliminate language that fosters unequal Queer does not conform to societal cisgender-
gender relations. heterosexual norms.
a. Words and phrases which lack
parallelism. Questioning refer to people who are still in the
b. Calling attention to a person’s process of exploring their sexual orientation.
sex.
V. Eliminate sexist, language in quoted Heterosexism – homophobia
material. Cissexism – transphobia
a. Sexist language in quoted Monosexism – biphobia
material
b. Distracting, pointless and
gratuitous language which
perpetuate stereotypes and
double-meaning.

Why use a non-sexist language?


 Language is a very essential tool in
communication
 It promotes gender sensitivity
 It articulates consciousness
 It reflects culture
 It stem socialization

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