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https://j-source.ca/resources-for-covering-tumbler-ridge/
Quote:For quick reference, here are some top tips:
Gender and sex are different concepts. Do not use the sex categories male or female to denote gender.
NO: “Biological male who identifies as female” (no reason ever…in this instance, similar language was used by the RCMP. If it appeared in publication ever, should be enclosed in quotation marks.
YES: A girl or woman…
Quote:The TJA expands here on the phrase “biological sex.”
People do not identify as men or women — they are men or women.
If gender is explicitly relevant to the story, people can be described using their gender identity. If sex is explicitly the category relevant to a story, it should be clear why.
i.e. do NOT refer to a stat about “female photographers” unless you’re both certain this data exclude trans women and that there’s a contextual reason why sex is more relevant to the story than gender, much more commonly relevant in social categorization.
YES: Women photographers…
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