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German Language - According to the Initiative of Minister of State for Culture Weimer: No Other Ministry Plans a Gender Ban

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According to a media report, no other federal ministries are planning to follow the appeal by Minister of State for Culture Weimer to ban gender with special signs.

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Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer has recently decided – as previously Minister of State for Education Karin Prien (CDU) – to use special gender marks such as ... The post Despite the appeal of Minister of State for Culture Weimer: Ministries are not planning to ban gender language appeared first on Apollo News.

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Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer forbids genders with special characters in his office. This has so far gone too far for his cabinet colleagues. Two SPD-led ministries continue to profess the asterisk spelling.

·Dortmund, Germany
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According to a media report, no other federal ministries are planning to follow the appeal by Minister of State for Culture Weimer to ban gender with special signs.

·Germany
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The Minister of Culture banned gender-appropriate language in his authority and called on others to do the same. One demand in the other ministries revealed: No one wants to follow – for a simple reason.

·Berlin, Germany
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However, the Minister of Culture and Media, Wolfram Weimer, has been thinking loudly about a ban. Gender advocates argue that it provides for a more inclusive language that actively involves more groups of people. Opponents complain that gender is grammatically wrong and complicated the language unnecessary. This also repeatedly argues that gender language certainly has a good view of being inclusive, but in practice achieves the opposite.

In the dispute over a possible gender ban in Bremen schools and administrations, Bremen Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) called on those involved to exercise restraint. "Anyone who wants to use gender should do so. And anyone who doesn't should leave it alone. Everyone should be happy in their own way," Bovenschulte told the "Welt" newspaper (Tuesday edition). "I recommend a certain calmness and the renunciation of culture wars." The Senate Pres…

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Der Tagesspiegel broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Monday, August 11, 2025.
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