US EditionMinister of State for Culture Bans Gender: Is the Gender Language on Its Retreat?
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Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer forbids gender in official letters from his authority. He justifies the step with a division of society and criticizes "guardive language education". What critics and the Council for German spelling say about it.
Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer banned gender in the chancellor's office – purportedly in order to preserve the "beauty" of the German language.
Anton Benz finds that the Minister for the State of Culture is setting up his language ban with a provocative gender compulsion, which allegedly prevails in Germany – and thus pours oil into the fire of an already heated debate.
(Opinion - point of view) Language is not meant to divide, but to connect, welcomes Minister of Culture Wolfram Weimer his fight against the gender star. Meaning: We connect by excluding. read
German government refuses to use asterisk for neutral gender Berlin, 4 Aug (dpa) – The German government announced that it will not use words with asterisks to refer to neutral gender, declared a spokesman for the Ministry of Digitisation in Berlin after being asked about it at a governmental press conference. The spokesman added that the recommendations of the Council for German spelling will be followed. “This regulation states that inclusive …
Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer (independent) is causing outrage with his statements on the gender ban in his department. Sven Lehmann (Green Party), Chairman of the Bundestag Committee for Culture and Media, told the "Rheinische Post" (Tuesday): "If Minister of State for Culture Weimer were serious about his Sunday speeches about the value of freedom, he wouldn't be allowed to impose language bans." "Anyone who speaks of 'patronizi…
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