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Inclusive Language

Gender neutralityis the thought that policies, language, and other social institutions (social structures or gender roles) should avoid distinguishing roles according to people's sex or gender. This is to avoid discrimination that may arise due to the impression that there are social roles for which one gender is more suited than another.

Make content gender-neutral wherever possible. Use words that include all genders. Examples add author, spokesperson, sales representative, business owner, entrepreneur, retailer, actor, master of ceremonies, fellow as an adjective (i.e., fellow alumni), human beings, humanity, people, individuals, etc. Avoid words that end in “-man” with a gender-neutral alternative. Examples include:

Instead of:

Use:

best man for the job

best candidate

businessmen

business personnel or business people

chairman

chair, department chair

craftsman

artisan

fireman

firefighter

foreman

supervisor

freshman

first-year student

husband/wife

partner, spouse

Sexual Orientation Vs. Gender Identity: What Is the Difference?

Gender Identity Vs. Sexual Orientation: The Difference Between Them

People outside of the LGBTQ+ community, and those who are beginning to explore their control gender identity, often struggle to understand gender identity vs. sexual orientation and the difference between the two. Some people even falsely assume that the two are interlinked. In doing so, they try to invalidate the gender of trans people by suggesting that trans people are simply confused homosexuals. Here we explain a bit more about why gender identity is NOT the same thing as sexual orientation.

What Is Gender Identity?

There&#;s no single way to define gender identity. There are many gender identities, and each person brings their own flavour within the umbrella of that identity. For that reason, it&#;s useful to understand the concept of gender identity, generally, as something personal.

Gender identity is how you characterize yourself in relation to your own gender. This can coincide with the sex you were assigned at birth or not. You can identify with

DEI Toolkit: Sexual Orientation

Sexual orientation is an inherent emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people. A person’s orientation may be in relation to the gender to which they are attracted. While there are numerous ways to identify one’s sexual orientation, these are the most usual sexual orientations:

  • Heterosexual or straight describes a person who is attracted only or almost only to the &#;other&#; gender.
  • Gay, lesbian and queer describe a person attracted only or almost only to those of the same gender.
  • Bisexual or bi describes a person attracted to both men and women, though not necessarily equally or at the same time.
  • Pansexual and omnisexual describe a person attracted to those of any gender.
  • Asexual describes someone not sexually attracted to any gender. This is different from deciding not to have sex with anyone (abstinence or celibacy).
  • Androgyny describes a person who has qualities or states of being neither specifically feminine or masculine.
  • Intersex describes a person who is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that does

    Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Definitions

    Sexual orientation

    An inherent or immutable enduring emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people. Note: an individual’s sexual orientation is independent of their gender identity.

    Gender identity

    One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth.

    Gender expression

    External appearance of one's gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, body characteristics or voice, and which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being either masculine or feminine.

    Transgender

    An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression is different from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Being transgender does not imply any specific sexual orientation. Therefore, transgender people may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual,