The University of Minnesota Department of French and Italian hosted a seminar Feb. 28 on Romance languages evolving to include nonbinary and gender-diverse people and how second-language classrooms ...

Learning a language involves much more than vocabulary and grammar; language learners must also uncover the cultural values and ideologies embedded within the language itself. In the case of Romance ...

When the United Nations introduced guidelines with gender-inclusive strategies for six major languages, not everyone was keen to jump on the bandwagon. Some felt the changes altered the symmetry of ...

A few months ago we had a lively and interesting discussion on the subject of changing languages for the sake of gender equality. I wasn't exactly a fan of the idea because my mother language (french) ...

The move toward so-called inclusive language finds its origins in the feminist movement where activists considered sexist the generic masculine form of words, which has perennially been understood to ...

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 ...

On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. In celebration of Pride Month and ...