Home Office staff have reportedly been advised to be careful about their use of pronouns when addressing colleagues, and avoid the use of words such as 'homosexuality' and “mate”.
Staff at the department’s homeland security group, which is responsible for counter-terrorism, were given a presentation that advised them on how to address people’s gender identities.
Others didn't conform to these pronouns, and used “neopronouns” such as “ey”, or “zie”, staff were told., had been used as part of an internal event in the department and was not official government guidance.
They were also advised not to refer to a person as “homosexual” or use the word “homosexuality”, as it was “generally considered a medical term now” and could “reduce the person to purely sexual terms”.Other terms staff were told not to use included butch, femme, transsexual, sex change, pre-operative and post-operative.
It also said staff should avoid “anything that implies being LGBT+ is a choice”, for example “sexual preference” or “gay lifestyle”, or “anything that implies bi people are ‘greedy,’ ‘undecided’ or ‘going through a phase’ ”.
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