Inclusive Language
Inclusive language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities.
https://ncas.ac.uk/for-staff/inclusive-language-guide/
General
https://consciousstyleguide.com/
In one place, you can access style guides covering terminology for various communities and find articles debating usage.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE GUIDELINES https://www.apa.org/about/apa/equity-diversity-inclusion/language-guidelines.pdf
Disability-Inclusive
https://www.ungeneva.org/sites/default/files/2021-01/Disability-Inclusive-Language-Guidelines.pdf
https://consciousstyleguide.com/ability-disability/
Gender Inclusive
Using gender-inclusive language means speaking and writing in a way that does not discriminate against a particular sex, social gender or gender identity, and does not perpetuate gender stereotypes. Given the key role of language in shaping cultural and social attitudes, using gender-inclusive language is a powerful way to promote gender equality and eradicate gender bias.
Guide to Gender-Neutral Drafting . This publication has been drafted by the United Kingdom’s Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the Government Legal Department. This guide distills years of work by both organisations to promote gender-neutral drafting in a wide range of UK government legal documents.
CERN EN and FR language style guides
CERN’s Translation & Minutes section has created their own English and French Style Guides. The guides includes a section – and examples – on inclusive language and gender bias.
https://translation-council-support-group.web.cern.ch/style-guides
Why is inclusive language important?
When we make an effort to use inclusive language in our daily communication, we reinforce our commitment to making each individual feel an important and equal part of our community.
Watch this interesting and entertaining talk on inclusive language by Pascal M. Gygax:
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https://videos.cern.ch/record/2741320
About the talk
When referring to a person’s personal, social or professional role as scientists, travelers or managers, knowing the person’s sex is not always crucial for comprehending the discourse. In fact, it rarely is. Research nevertheless suggests that when reading or listening to sentences where gender is not specified, such as “Travelers to Geneva are requested to change train in Lausanne” or “Les voyageurs pour Genève doivent changer de train à Lausanne”, we still form a mental representation of travelers to include gender.
In the presentation, the lecturer will present data across different languages to show that we tend to attribute gender in ways that unnecessarily narrow our perceptions of the world. The lecturer specifically argues that language inevitably compel us to attend certain properties of the world that are not always relevant. He further argues that in grammatical languages where the masculine form is assigned a generic meaning – on top of its specific one – we attribute gender to the relative disadvantage of women, nourishing our androcentric society. Under the heading of “sexist language” this issue has been a topic of political debate since the 1970s, especially in those languages that have grammatical gender, like German or French.
About Pascal M. Gygax
Pascal Gygax is head of the Psycholinguistics and Applied Social Psychology team at the University of Fribourg. His work focuses on the way our brain processes the male grammatical mark, and how language creeps into our perception of gender. He has recently written a theoretical chapter on linguistic sexism with his Norwegian colleague Ute Gabriel, which received the Gender Studies Prize of the University of Fribourg. Pascal Gygax regularly appears in the media to talk about inclusive language or the so-called feminisation of language.