Why ‘Latinx’ Is Succeeding While Other Gender-Neutral Terms Fail to Catch On
4/13/18
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from TIME Magazine,
4/2/18:
Analyzing the label’s growing appeal
There are plenty of gender-neutral terms that people have tried to make a thing in American English. Take upstart pronouns like xe or zir, which have had champions for centuries and remain little-used. Consider “first-year student,” which is gaining steam but has a long way to go before supplanting freshman. Or recall the discussions about genderless military titles, like “midshiperson,” which have yet to leave port.
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