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Gender ban in Bavaria: "I see the gender ban as a humiliation": Bavarian teachers are no longer allowed to use gender. One teacher who used to use the opposite ...
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CDU bans gendering in Hessian Abitur exams: The Hessian government recently announced that students will not be allowed to use special marks for gendering in ...
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CDU Jever against colon and underscore: The CDU parliamentary group in the Jever city council has submitted a motion to forego gender-appropriate language with ...
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Say it all podcast: Does gender ruin friendships?: Editor Sophia Wibbeke likes gender language, social worker Christopher Siegmund doesn't ...
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Gender ban - Students announce protest: The new language regulations, which have been in effect for a good two weeks, are not well received by student ...
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Evangelical Church: God is now no longer just a man in Potsdam: The Potsdam District Synod decides on gender-appropriate language and queer services ...
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Gendering: There is no need for a gender ban or an obligation: Our author Marie Trappen is always amazed at how much the topic of gender excites many people ...
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Why the gender asterisks remain on the website of the Nuremberger Land District Office
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You can read more opinions from students on the gender ban here: www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/bayern/genderverbot-total-goofy-das-sagen-jugendliche-zum-genderverbot-an-den-schulen-id70342976.html
Tensions brew between This Morning co-stars over the term 'woke': This Morning co-stars Ashley James and Gyles Brandreth clashed over 'wokeness' and ...
metro.co.uk/2024/04/11/tensions-brew-this-morning-co-stars-term-woke-20628862/
The Cass Review is a warning for all of us about how we debate trans healthcare: It must be a wake-up call for a calmer, more compassionate discussion about the ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/cass-review-warning-debate-trans-healthcare-2999478
Corporate America is embracing gender-neutral titles—for now: More companies are beginning to use the term 'chair' rather than 'chairman ...
fastcompany.com/91077728/corporate-america-is-embracing-gender-neutral-titles-for-now
Schools and authorities: Gender ban in Bavaria comes into force: From this Monday, gender-sensitive language is expressly forbidden in Bavaria's authorities ...
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Bavaria bans gender language in authorities: Bavaria has banned gender language in state authorities and schools. Gender star, colon or media point are now ...
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Quick Glance: Bavaria Bans Gendered Language in Official Communication
- Bavaria prohibits gendered language and special characters in schools, universities, and government offices.
- The ban aims to keep discourse spaces open and avoid exclusionary language.
- Teachers must speak gender-inclusive language, with the Federal Student Conference criticizing the ban as patronizing.
- The German Spelling Council does not recommend special characters in words, and Bavaria is adjusting regulations for gendered language.
On Tuesday, the Bavarian cabinet decided to amend a regulation to ban gender-sensitive language in Bavarian authorities and schools:
"You always have a certain understanding of gender that you bring into the language." 👉 taz.de/Moraltheologe-ueber-Gender-Verbot/!5996645/
What is the point of preventing gender-sensitive language and why do gender stars, double and media point so many people angry? Where the language bans come ... Show more www.zeit.de/politik/2024-04/gendern-genderverbot-bayern-was-jetzt-livesendung
Argentina’s Milei bans gender-inclusive language in official documents: The move to ban gender-inclusive language in all official documents and public ...
cnn.com/2024/02/27/americas/argentina-milei-bans-gender-inclusive-language-intl-latam/
“City:innenverband”: Unknown gender CDU entries in Google Maps: Anyone who entered the search term “CDU” into the Internet map service on Monday was shown ...
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Protest: Unknown gendered CDU entries in Google Maps - Golem.de: CDU district associations, among others, have recently been found on Google Maps ...
golem.de/news/protest-unbekannte-gendern-cdu-eintraege-in-google-maps-2404-183752.html
Fewer S&P 500 Companies Drop Chairman Title as Anti-DEI Backlash Grows: But thousands of filings reveal that the rate of S&P 500 companies changing to ...
bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-gender-neutral-board-titles-us-companies/
Hesse's Minister President Rhein bans gender symbols in ministries: Gender markers are no longer to be used in Hessian ministries in future ...
merkur.de/deutschland/hessens-ministerpraesident-rhein-verbietet-gendern-in-ministerien-92919441.html
Gender-based German language row anything but neutral : Both sides spell it out as Bavaria’s gender-neutral ban prompts culture war
irishtimes.com/world/europe/2024/04/03/wordy-causes-gender-based-language-row-anything-but-neutral/
What are the goals of the initiative? And who is behind it? 💬👉 www.nwzonline.de/niedersachsen/gendern-in-niedersachsen-neue-volksinitiative-will-es-stoppen_a_4,1,592058818.html
President Javier Milei has banned the use of gender-sensitive language in all federal agencies: www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/unnotige-verwendung-argentiniens-prasident-milei-verbietet-gendern-in-behorden-11281018.html
April Fool's joke or criticism?: Unknown gender CDU entries in Google Maps: A gender ban came into force in Bavaria on Monday. It initially remained unclear ...
rundschau-online.de/welt/aprilscherz-oder-kritik-unbekannte-gendern-cdu-eintraege-in-google-maps-767992
Now new: Gender compulsion at the Millerntor - FC St. Pauli: FC St. Pauli bans gender-inappropriate language ☠ Names of managers will also be gendered in future ...
fcstpauli.com/news/fc-st-pauli-untersagt-gender-ungerechte-sprache-am-millerntor/
Language: The gender ban is coming ? and what happens then?: From April 1, a ban on special characters for gender-sensitive language will apply in public ...
augsburger-allgemeine.de/bayern/sprache-das-genderverbot-kommt-und-was-passiert-dann-id70257166.html
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Gender ban for an open discourse?: The Bavarian state government has banned gender-sensitive language with special characters in schools and public authorities ...
aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/genderverbot-fuer-einen-offenen-diskurs/9519122.html
SVP politician Sarah Regez is collecting signatures for the so-called "child protection initiative". With this initiative ... Show more
Söder's gender ban in Bavaria is causing a stir: “ban party”, “paternalism”, “insolence”
fr.de/politik/verbotspartei-bayerns-genderverbot-aufregung-markus-soeder-kritik-csu-zr-92902427.html
Discussion in Rostock: Does gendering threaten free speech?: Free speech and emancipation: On Tuesday, there will be a public discussion in Rostock about whether ...
nordkurier.de/regional/mecklenburg-vorpommern/diskussion-in-rostock-bedroht-das-gendern-die-freie-sprache-2374112
Controversial regulation: What punishment can civil servants face if they use gender in Bavaria?
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The gender ban is coming! - What schools and authorities in the region are saying
ovb-online.de/weltspiegel/bayern/bayerns-gender-verbot-das-sagen-schulen-und-behoerden-der-region-markus-soeder-rosenheim-bad-aibling-prien-waldkraiburg-muehldorf-wasserburg-92903264.html
Neuss: Greens want gender-friendly sports facilities: In order to get more girls and women interested in physical activity, the sports facilities in Neuss should ...
rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/neuss/neuss-gruene-wollen-gendergerechte-sportstaetten_aid-108807117
Germany's Bavaria cracks down on gender-sensitive language: More and more German texts use asterisks, colons and other symbols to make language more inclusive ...
dw.com/en/germanys-bavaria-cracks-down-on-gender-sensitive-language/a-68618217
Fight for the right pronoun: Yara is neither male nor female, but non-binary: The café door opens. If you look up, you'll see a young woman enter - and that is ...
mittelbayerische.de/lokales/stadt-regensburg/kampf-ums-richtige-pronomen-yara-ist-weder-maennlich-noch-weiblich-sondern-nicht-binaer-15682789
Why grandmas and grandpas protest in Pfaffenhofen every week: Every Wednesday at 5 p.m. for the past six weeks, they have been holding up their posters in ...
donaukurier.de/lokales/landkreis-pfaffenhofen/warum-omas-und-opas-jede-woche-in-pfaffenhofen-protestieren-15636442
Comment: Finally clarify the issue of gender in Lower Saxony!: The word “Visitors” is marked with the suffix “:innen” on a sign in downtown Tübingen.
braunschweiger-zeitung.de/niedersachsen/article241866210/Kommentar-Klaert-das-mit-dem-Gendern-in-Niedersachsen-endlich.html
Paid articlePaid NDR, universities, schools: CDU politician from teaching wants to ban gender: The so-called gender asterisk is used in many authorities.
braunschweiger-zeitung.de/niedersachsen/article241864560/NDR-Unis-Schulen-CDU-Politiker-aus-Lehre-will-Gendern-verbieten.html
Paid articlePaid Gendern: Controversial topic Gendern: About stars and schnitzels: No linguistic change is more fiercely fought over than gender. Why it's about more than just ...
augsburger-allgemeine.de/politik/gendern-streitthema-gendern-von-sternchen-und-schnitzeln-id69434336.html
Feminism is also for men: This time, online boss Peter Wagentristl writes in his (very) irregular column about International Women's Day from a male perspective ...
bvz.at/eisenstadt/kolumne-feminismus-ist-auch-maennersache-412619416
Politics also required - Too few women in the food industry: Politics should promote gender-independent career choices, including in the food industry ...
lebensmittelpraxis.de/handel-aktuell/39612-chancengleichheit-ang-fordert-geschlechtsneutrale-berufswahl.html
“The North Schleswiger” 50 years ago - Times are changing: When women were “worked” with knives and landscapes were “appealingly” enhanced - Before 1974 ...
nordschleswiger.dk/de/nordschleswig/nordschleswiger-vor-50-jahren-zeiten-gendern-sich
The Cultural Shift: Latin America’s Right-Wing Leaders Reject Gender Perspective: In Latin America, a significant shift is underway as right-wing leaders ...
riotimesonline.com/the-cultural-shift-latin-americas-right-wing-leaders-reject-gender-perspective/
Argentina femicides keep rising after 2023 record, observatory says: In the first two months of the year, 61 women and girls were murdered because of their ...
buenosairesherald.com/society/crime/argentina-femicides-keep-rising-after-2023-record-observatory-says
Portrait of Patti Basler, one of the most successful satirists in Switzerland: Patti Basler is one of the most successful comedians in Switzerland ...
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Interview with the Women's Representative: "Otherwise there's always a male quota"
kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/18235108/sonst-gibt-es-immer-eine-maennerquote
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“Lotto millionaires”, “a potential winner”: At Swisscom, people are fighting hard. What does the responsible Federal Councilor Albert Rösti (SVP) think about ...
weltwoche.ch/daily/lottomillionaerinnen-eine-potenzieller-siegerin-bei-der-swisscom-wird-gegendert-was-das-zeug-haelt-was-wohl-der-zustaendige-bundesrat-albert-roesti-svp-davon-haelt/
Use gender-neutral language, don't sensationalise distress: New guidelines on LGBTQIA+ coverage issued
deccanherald.com/india/use-gender-neutral-language-dont-sensationalise-distress-new-guidelines-on-lgbtqia-coverage-issued-2917609
👉“We believe that politics has used gender perspectives for profit,” presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni said.
In Spanish, all nouns, adjectives, articles ... Show more #NiUnaMenos
How companies and institutions in the Fulda region deal with gender: Again and again you come to a point where you ask yourself: Should you gender? How do ...
fuldaerzeitung.de/fulda/fulda-gendern-betriebe-institutionen-umgang-geschlechter-gerecht-sprache-michael-konow-92858121.html
Ministries: Lindner bans the gender star: Because all kinds of special characters for allegedly gender-equitable language were circulating in the Ministry of ...
spiegel.de/panorama/christian-lindner-verbannt-den-genderstern-a-fe8cc117-d8b6-402b-8894-5cc05924f2a4
Gender-sensitive language: 500 students against "gender ban" at Saxony-Anhalt schools
volksstimme.de/sachsen-anhalt/landespolitik/500-studenten-gegen-gender-verbot-an-sachsen-anhalts-schulen-3789146
How do Delitzsch, Eilenburg, Bad Düben and the district of North Saxony use gender?
lvz.de/lokales/nordsachsen/bad-dueben/wie-gendern-delitzsch-eilenburg-und-bad-dueben-und-der-landkreis-RXKEQGWVE5F7FFO6WN2BQKP7PA.html
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Gender-equitable language in the Esslingen district - Gender is not a high priority in town halls
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Hesse: New dispute over planned gender ban: According to the coalition agreement, Hesse's new government wants to ban gender stars and the like from schools ...
wiesbadener-kurier.de/politik/politik-hessen/kommt-das-gender-verbot-in-hessen-doch-nicht-3308480
Regulation since January 1st: California introduces gender-neutral toy departments
spiegel.de/ausland/kalifornien-fuehrt-geschlechtsneutrale-spielzeug-abteilungen-ein-a-81dda9ce-39c3-40b6-a853-5b3075f5e464
As of January 1, toy stores in California are required to create gender-neutral toy departments. The law passed in 2021 came into force at the turn of the year ... Show more
Women freedom fighters missing, more male than female characters: SCERT’s audit flags lack of gender sensitivity in textbooks
indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/women-freedom-fighters-missing-more-male-than-female-characters-scerts-audit-flags-lack-of-gender-sensitivity-in-textbooks-9139883/
The hot topic of gender: This is how cities and communities in the Heilbronn region do it
stimme.de/regional/region/gendern-staedte-gemienden-verwaltung-rathaus-landratsamt-heilbronn-hohenlohekreis-behoerden-art-4883701
Germany's most famous drug advertisement is now gendered: The phrase is ubiquitous on radio and television when advertising medicines - some people can even say ...
focus.de/panorama/welt/fragen-sie-ihren-arzt-oder-apotheker-jetzt-wird-in-deutschlands-beruehmtester-medikamenten-werbung-gegendert_id_259523236.html
Gender: Good language means effort - yes and?: Dear readers, subscribers and SN friends! That's not going to happen with a language that concerns everyone.
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Gendering in the name of the Empress: A small prayer book in the Zwettl Abbey Library has two surprises in store. The text in it is already being gendered - and ...
noen.at/zwettl/stiftsbibliothek-zwettl-gendern-im-namen-der-kaiserin-405504451
In Brandenburg, free voters are calling for a ban on gender in the authorities: In Brandenburg, gendering with special characters is to be prohibited by public ...
maz-online.de/brandenburg/in-brandenburg-fordern-freie-waehler-verbot-von-gendern-an-behoerden-TH653SYGTJEVBDGTLHPKVFUHVE.html
29 questions and answers about gender: Is there gender discrimination in kindergarten? Can you get a bad grade at university if you don't use gender-appropriate ...
profil.at/oesterreich/gender-vorschriften-und-sprach-regeln-29-fragen-und-antworten-zum-gendern/402556919
After a transitional period, the change in the law comes into force on December 27.www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/fragen-sie-ihre-arztin-ihren-arzt-oder-in-ihrer-apotheke-im-warntext-fur-medikamente-wird-nun-gegendert-10969246.html
Analyx evaluation: So little is gendered in German TV advertising blocks: There has been a heated debate about gender-neutral language for several years ...
horizont.net/marketing/nachrichten/analyx-auswertung-so-wenig-wird-in-den-deutschen-tv-werbebloecken-gegendert-217280
Paid articlePaid Strobl wants authorities to ban gendering - although CDU ministries would also be affected
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: New Ban on Gender-Neutral Language in Administration
- An announcement by Thomas Strobl (CDU) states that gender-neutral language will no longer be allowed in administration.
- Despite the formal rejection of the people's initiative against gender-neutral language, the initiators, with political support, have achieved their goal: Minister Strobl aims to ban gender-neutral language from administrative use.
- The use of gender-neutral language will be prohibited in the language of state authorities in the southwest.
- A new administrative regulation will specify that special characters like the Binnen-I and gender asterisks are no longer permissible in administrative language, declared Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) on Tuesday in Stuttgart.
We're going crazy: Thomas Bärsch
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Zurich SP calls for gender-neutral traffic lights - Zofinger Tagblatt: Zurich SP calls for gender-neutral traffic lights
zofingertagblatt.ch/gleichstellung-zuercher-sp-fordert-geschlechtsneutrale-ampeln/
Star dispute: The planned “gender ban” by the CDU and SPD is met with criticism. Dorothée de Nève, professor at the Institute of Political Science at JLU Gießen ...
giessener-anzeiger.de/stadt-giessen/sternchen-streit-92777082.html
Bavaria: Söder wants to ban gendering in schools and public authorities: In future, special characters such as Binnen-I and gender asterisks will not be allowed ...
nzz.ch/international/bayerns-ministerpraesident-markus-soeder-kuendigt-will-in-schulen-und-behoerden-das-gendern-verbieten-ld.1769077
Quick Glance: Söder Announces Gender Ban: End of Gendern in Bavarian Schools and Offices
- Markus Söder criticizes the federal government's policies and focuses on Bavaria's future as a high-tech hub.
- In his government statement, Söder calls for a ban on gendering in schools and offices.
- Additionally, Söder aims for a stronger involvement of Bavaria in foreign policy, particularly with Israel.
- The first government statement after the state election addresses the current challenges and the future of the Free State.
Gender ban: Bavaria wants to ban inclusive language in schools: Markus Söder wants to ban gendering in schools. Why this isn't a good idea - especially not for ...
elle.de/female-empowerment-inklusive-sprache-gendern-bayern
Plans for a ban: A law against gender stereotypes?: Bavaria wants to ban gendering, Hesse wants to enforce correct language. But it's not that easy.
faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/gender-verbot-in-bayern-per-gesetz-gegen-gendergerechte-sprache-19423874.html
Paid articlePaid 7,000 German women sexual victims of migrants: These facts brutally show that the worst fake news is not fake news, but the instructive silence of the media - ...
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