The Argentine government will ban the use of gender-neutral language in national public institutions, presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni said on Tuesday. The demand for gender-neutral language is prioritized by feminist, queer and nonbinary groups, who point out that the gender-binary language and the generic masculine erase their existence. Fernández, whose child is nonbinary, sometimes used gender-neutral language such as argentine in interviews. The Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (RAE) does not support gender-neutral language, as it does not consider the generic masculine to be a problem for gender equality. On Friday, Defense Ministry Luis Petri announced that he had banned gender-neutral language in the Armed Forces.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald February 28, 2024 04:06 UTC