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A new bill would make the Canadian national anthem as feminist as it was in 1908
Earlier this year, liberal Canadian parliament member Mauril Belanger introduced Bill C-624, a piece of legislation hoping to solve once and for all O Canada’s oft-debated gender problem. If passed,...
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Sweden will make a gender-neutral pronoun official by adding it to the...
Sweden has long been progressive on gender egalitarianism, and now its language is officially catching up. A gender-neutral pronoun, hen will join its binary counterparts han (he) and hon (she) in the...
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Sex and gender aren’t perfectly binary. Why should clothes be?
One of fashion’s major story lines of the last year has been the industry’s sudden, widespread embrace of clothes that ignore gender lines. While cool, iconoclastic labels, such as Comme des Garçons,...
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The future of bathrooms is here
[protected-iframe id=”bc4629dc5602ece3161a7898a51f2206-39587363-67854375″ info=”//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js” class=”imgur-embed-pub”] This photo of a gender neutral bathroom has gone viral since a user...
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A big university recommends using pronouns like ‘xe’ and ‘ze’ to replace he...
Grammar nerds have long been fighting over whether it is acceptable to use “they” as a gender-netural pronoun to replace he or she, but for the University of Tennessee the debate is settled. Not only...
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Science shows gender neutral toys empower children, and possibly society at...
The days of pink and blue toy aisles may soon be a thing of the past, as toy manufacturers and big-box retailers move to eliminate gendered toy marketing. While gender equality advocates hail these...
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“Get out before I drag you out:” I live in a place where people don’t let me...
Being born and raised in a small town in southern Virginia, I really should have seen it coming; I should have known better. How dare I dress in an oversized men’s flannel shirt and a pair of skinny...
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Barbie’s newest spokesperson is a very enthusiastic little boy
This post has been updated. Barbie, a perennial favorite toy, has been marketed to young girls for decades. Now, a new ad is finally recognizing that boys might want to play with Barbies, too. A...
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This year marks a new language shift in how English speakers use pronouns
You’ve probably come across the singular pronoun “they” recently. Perhaps it was in the Washington Post’s recent addition of it to the paper’s style guide. Perhaps it was in this BBC article about...
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All you need to know about fashion is Kanye West
To kick off New York Fashion Week, Kanye West is launching a new fashion collection and dropping a new album today (Feb. 11). Fans and media alike are in a frenzy, as one of the world’s biggest pop...
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Gucci is the latest to end the needless separation of men’s and women’s shows...
Many of the biggest labels in fashion didn’t start out offering clothing for men and women. They were born from women’s couturiers, or leather-goods businesses, and over time they branched into other...
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“The Sims” have removed a key set of gender boundaries for character...
In real life, there’s no rule that says a man can’t wear a dress. Plenty do—just look at Iggy Pop. In video games, though, such rules often do exist. Create an avatar with a man’s face, and chances are...
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Universities are telling students to use “gender-neutral” language or be...
The use of the singular “they” is a fraught subject amongst grammarians. It has been accepted by the Oxford English Dictionary’s online edition, the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and the Associated Press...
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A Montessori-inspired wooden robot teaches toddlers how to code
Teaching kids coding is all the rage, with coding clubs and coding camps cropping up like Silicon Valley startups. Countries like the UK have made it part of the national curriculum, recognizing that...
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An HSBC manager tweaked titles and voice systems—transforming LGBT+ lives...
It is often seemingly small changes to the way we work and go about our day-to-day business that can have a profound impact on our lives. And for those in the LGBT+ community who are still fighting for...
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Lena Waithe’s description of shopping for menswear makes a case for...
In September 2017, Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing, taking home the award for her work on the “Thanksgiving” episode of Aziz Ansari’s Netflix show, Master of...
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Gender-neutral beauty products for your Valentine can be gifts for yourself, too
Is there anything less romantic than sharing bathroom counter space with your beloved? Maybe you never remember to put the cap back on the toothpaste tube. Or maybe you overtake the countertop with...
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Parents who refuse to call their newborns “girls” or “boys” are leading the...
When Ashlee Dean Wells gave birth to her son 13 years ago, she was determined that his life wouldn’t be limited by gender. She gave him toys and clothes traditionally associated with both girls and...
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Generation Z’s views on gender are what set it apart in the US
Youth in the US are far more comfortable than previous generations with people not identifying as either a man or a woman. Almost 60% of those aged 13 to 21—members of “Generation Z”—believe forms that...
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China’s fashion shoppers are ignoring stereotypical gender boundaries
In China, a lot of clothes shopping takes place online, and one of the leading sites where it happens is Taobao. The Alibaba-owned site is the country’s largest e-commerce marketplace, claiming 636...
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