Gender- and diversity-sensitive language

Language shapes our reality and our thinking. That is why, in order to make equal opportunities possible, discrimination-free and inclusive language in which each and all are addressed equally is essential.

Das Bild zeigt, bunt gezeichnete Menschen, über denen Sprechblasen in unterschiedlichen Formen und Farben dargestellt sind.

The Recommendations for gender and diversity-sensitive language (2021) offer BFH members orientation in the implementation of gender- and diversity-sensitive language. 

Recommendations

1. Make men and women visible
2. Use gender-neutral forms
3. Include nonbinary people
4. Use language in a considered and differentiated way
5. Choose diverse and inclusive pictures

 

Not accepted

  • Clichés and stereotypes
  • Discriminatory and derogatory terms