/tags/gender-neutral-pronouns gender-neutral pronouns en-US Copyright Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:46:20 GMT /politics-government/2025-03-19/federal-court-to-hear-challenges-against-olentangy-local-schools-gender-pronoun-policy A federal appeals court in Cincinnati will hear arguments Wednesday in a legal dispute that pits a Columbus-area school district’s gender pronoun policy against the free speech rights of classmates who believe there are only two genders. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:46:20 GMT /politics-government/2025-03-19/federal-court-to-hear-challenges-against-olentangy-local-schools-gender-pronoun-policy Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press /2024-11-29/ban-on-public-universities-from-asking-about-preferred-pronouns-on-applications-proposed The Republican-backed ban would be applied to applications for admission or employment at public colleges and universities in Ohio. Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:35:08 GMT /2024-11-29/ban-on-public-universities-from-asking-about-preferred-pronouns-on-applications-proposed Jo Ingles /2019-12-10/merriam-webster-singles-out-nonbinary-they-for-word-of-the-year-honors The dictionary publisher lauded the singular they Tuesday, noting that the tiny word has enjoyed important new uses in an English language that otherwise lacks a good gender-neutral alternative. Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:26:12 GMT /2019-12-10/merriam-webster-singles-out-nonbinary-they-for-word-of-the-year-honors Colin Dwyer /news-partners/2019-08-06/opinion-even-a-grammar-geezer-like-me-can-get-used-to-gender-neutral-pronouns For anyone struggling to use "they" as a singular pronoun, linguist Geoff Nunberg says: Just practice. He believes human language processing capacity is far more adaptable than people realize. Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:26:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-08-06/opinion-even-a-grammar-geezer-like-me-can-get-used-to-gender-neutral-pronouns Geoff Nunberg