NEW YORK CITY, October 16, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – The Associated Press (AP) has jumped on the gender bender bandwagon by agreeing to use transgendered-approved pronouns in its reporting.
In a series of tweets last Tuesday, the standard-setting news organization expanded on the 2017 style guidelines released earlier this year that had already mentioned the use of gender-neutral pronouns.
AP approved “they/them/their” for “stories about people who identify as neither male nor female or ask not to be referred to as he/she/him/her,” as reported in the Washington Post.
One change announced last week included using the phrase “gender confirmation” for “medical procedures often but not always used for a transition,” according to the tweets.
“Transition is the process by which people match their physical characteristics to their gender identity,” AP editors tweeted.
“Gender refers to a person’s social identity, while sex refers to biological characteristics,” they explained in another tweet.
“Call people transgender only if relevant; give the name they use publicly; avoid references to being born a boy or girl,” they stated in another tweet.
Call people transgender only if relevant; give the name they use publicly; avoid references to being born a boy
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