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London council urges staff to not write 'family' in Christmas cards so as not to offend colleagues without relatives
Greenwich Council chiefs release new inclusive language guide for staff
It advises colleagues to omit 'family' so as not to offend peers without relatives
Also suggests the use of 'young persons or young adults' and says those who are pregnant should not be called women or expectant mothers
Employees at the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London are also being urged to avoid describing those who are pregnant as either women or expectant mothers under the new inclusive language guide.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10771383/Labour-run-London-council-urges-staff-not-write-family-Christmas-cards-avoid-offence.html
Greenwich Council chiefs release new inclusive language guide for staff
It advises colleagues to omit 'family' so as not to offend peers without relatives
Also suggests the use of 'young persons or young adults' and says those who are pregnant should not be called women or expectant mothers
Employees at the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London are also being urged to avoid describing those who are pregnant as either women or expectant mothers under the new inclusive language guide.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10771383/Labour-run-London-council-urges-staff-not-write-family-Christmas-cards-avoid-offence.html
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Council chiefs with the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London have advised staff to omit the word ‘family’ when sending Christmas greetings so as not to offend those who have no relatives. [File image]
People in Stoke can't say duck in case it offends other waterfowl.
People in Liverpool can't say hen in case it offends male poultry.
People in North East can't say pet in case it offends non animal owners.
People in Lancashire can't say 5hag in case it offends other flooring / tobacco types.
People in London can't say all right in case it offends left handers.
People in Yorkshire can't say anything in case it offends everybody.
Norfolk Constabulary's document listing 37 different gender terms, 'The + in LGBT', explains current terminology alongside a picture of a 'gender bread person' - a play on gingerbread man.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10771349/Norfolk-Constabulary-issues-inclusive-language-list-37-sexual-identities-genders.html
PANSEXUAL:
Attracted to all genders and/or not concerned about gender when attracted to someone.
BICURIOUS:
Open to experiment with other genders, but unsure of forming relationship with multiple genders.
POLYSEXUAL
Attracted to many genders.
Androsexual:
Attracted to masculine gender presentation.
Gynosexual:
Attracted to feminine gender presentation.
Demisexual:
Experiencing sexual attraction after forming a strong emotional bond.
Grey Asexual:
Experiencing attraction rarely, on a very low scale.
Heteronormative:
Belief that heterosexuality is the norm and that sex, gender, sexuality and gender roles all align.
Varioriented:
When your sexual and romantic orientations do not target same set of genders.
Erasure:
Ignoring the existence of genders and sexualities in the middle of the spectrum.
GENDERFLUID:
Having a fluctuating gender identity.
AGENDER:
Not identifying with any gender.
BI-GENDER:
Identifying as two genders, (but not exclusively) male and female.
POLYGENDER:
When you identify with multiple genders at once.
Neutrois:
Identifying as neither male, female nor genderless.
GENDER APATHETIC:
Not caring about identifying as any gender.
GREY GENDER:
Having a weak gender identification of yourself.
MAVERIQUE:
Non-binary gender outside of orthodox social bounds of gender.
Easy! One was married to Bruce Willis, the other is a film starring Mel Gibson and James Garner.
NSW government ministers have slammed a 'woke' inclusion training seminar after they were told they should not refer to each other as 'mate'.
The NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet conducted a series of 'diversity and inclusion' consultations this week.
The program listed a number of workplace changes including bans on drinking alcohol in the office, yelling at colleagues and gossiping about staff.
The seminars are estimated to have cost taxpayers $202,000.
Some ministers have criticised the 'Respect at Work' consultations and labelled them as 'PC insanity', 'straight out of 1984' and 'mumbo jumbo'.
'I use 'mate' all the time – it's as Australian as you can get. How can it be offensive?' one told The Daily Telegraph.
Another added: 'We're not allowed to have individual opinions. We have to engage in group thought … This is straight out of 1984.'
All staff must be invited out to after-work drinks to ensure 'inclusivity' while work tasks must be fairly divided between senior and junior colleagues.
Veterans Minister David Elliott said he kept a bottle of whisky in his office to 'placate my parliamentary colleagues'.
FFS the worlds gone freaking insane.
Calling God 'Our Father' is problematic.
The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell said the phrase is “problematic” for victims of abuse as well as people who have suffered under “oppressive patriarchy”.
The Archbishop waded into the controversial debate on God’s gender in his presidential welcome address to General Synod, the Church of England’s legislative body, which is convening in York.
The Lord’s Prayer, the Christian prayer which derives from when Jesus’s disciples asked him how they should pray, begins: “Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name”, and contains the male pronouns, “He” and “Him”, in reference to God.
However, the Archbishop of York has suggested that the use of the term, “Father”, is “problematic” for those who have suffered under abusive fathers.
In February, the C of E said it would consider whether to stop referring to God as “he”, after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/07/lords-prayer-our-father-opening-may-be-problematic-archbishop-of-york-stephen-cottrell
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12274419/Now-health-professionals-urged-call-vaginas-bonus-holes-avoid-offending-patients.html