#harmfullanguage — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #harmfullanguage, aggregated by home.social.
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Examples of terms not found in any #findingaid audited? "Trans," "illegals," or "codger." Indicative of the age of the collection? The cataloger? Institutional biases? The #harmfullanguage audit posed almost as many questions as it answered. #reparativedescription
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The phrases 'identify' or 'identify as' wrongly imply that a deliberate choice was made by LGBTQ people to become LGBTQ.
#SexualOrientation and our #Gender (#GenderIdentity) are #innate #characteristics, not #choices.
It's time to move past this #HarmfulLanguage!
We are who we say we are, and deserve to be #respected and #affirmed for having the #courage to be our #TrueSelves."