<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-art-title">University Of Sussex Student Union Adds New Rule To Gender Pronoun Use</h1>
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<p>The student union at the University of Sussex has urged members to
ask people first about their preferred pronoun before calling them a
"he" or "she." This comes in the midst of heightened public interest
over gender equality.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2510504/students-ban-using-offensive-he-and-she-pronouns-in-meetings-and-emails-as-they-dont-want-to-assume-gender/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Sun</a> reported
that the University of Sussex Student's Union has added the rule in
order to avoid assumptions on an individual's gender. The regulations
will be implemented for every meeting as well as any type of media or
communications.</p>
<p>It is named the Gender Inclusive Language Policy. This urges students
to specify their preferred pronoun at the start in order to prevent
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<p>If ever introductions cannot be made, though, gender-neutral language
is expected to be used. Gender-specific pronouns such as "he" and "she"
will be replaced with "they" while "them" will be used in place of
"him" and "her."</p>
<p>The student union has declared that the policy should be used by all
of its participating staff and students. This is part of the group's
efforts to promote inclusion especially for non-binary and transgender
individuals.</p>
<p>It was noted that the University of Sussex is believed to be the first to have this policy. Previously, <a href="http://www.universityherald.com/articles/54824/20161213/oxford-university-urges-students-use-ze-place-traditional-pronouns.htm">Oxford University</a> encouraged its student community to use the gender neutral pronoun "ze."</p>
<p>Next, it urged other institutions to "<a href="http://www.universityherald.com/articles/55835/20161219/oxford-university-urges-colleges-gender-neutral.htm">remove gender-specific titles</a>." Instead, institutions are advised to use only academic titles like Dr. and Prof.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4079694/Student-union-bans-use-don-t-want-make-assumptions-gender.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a>,
any individual who is continued to be called the wrong pronoun can
report their concerns to officers. These elected officers will go
through gender inclusivity training.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the <a href="http://www.universityherald.com/articles/57753/20161229/university-kansas-libraries-give-students-pronoun-pins-inclusion-effort.htm">University of Kansas</a> has
also ramped up its inclusion efforts. The school's library system has
developed a "You Belong Here" marketing effort to make sure that
students feel welcome regardless of their gender.</p>
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<p>The pins are helpful in letting others know how students should be
addressed. Using the wrong pronoun can led to the other person being
hurt, disrespected and invalidated.</p><p><a href="http://www.universityherald.com/articles/58188/20170102/university-sussex-student-union-adds-new-rule-gender-pronoun-use.htm">http://www.universityherald.com/articles/58188/20170102/university-sussex-student-union-adds-new-rule-gender-pronoun-use.htm</a><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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