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“When using language relating to the LGBTQ+ community, the most important thing is to be kind and respectful. If you’re ever unsure how a person describes themselves and wants to be described by others, just ask.”
from — Stonewall. (2025, July 1). List of LGBTQ+ terms.
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“Vulnerability is defined as ‘The conditions determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets, or systems to the impacts of hazards’.”
from — The World Health Organization
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“Common types of unconscious biases in the workplace include gender bias, racial bias, age bias, confirmation bias, Halo effect, Horn effect, similarity bias, authority bias, beauty bias, and performance attribution bias.”
from deel.com
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“The band’s producer, Toddla T, claimed festival organisers Michael and Emily Eavis had received a “private and confidential” letter from a “very systemically powerful music agent” urging them to reconsider the band’s booking.”
Read more on BBC
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“The treatment, then, is to counteract hateful messages with ‘affirming’ therapy that holds that ‘variances in human sexuality, gender identity, and gender expression are normal.’”
From Salon
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“The term sexual preference as used to refer to sexual orientation is widely considered offensive in its implied suggestion that a person can choose who they are sexually or romantically attracted to.”
from Miriam Webster Dictionary
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“They would have to accept the government’s definition of gender — two sexes, male and female — and would not be allowed to recognize transgender people’s gender identities.”
from Los Angeles Times
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