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Lee, Pressley, Garcia push for gender-neutral language in US legal code

House Democrats have introduced the Equality in Our Laws Act, a legislation aimed at replacing masculine generics with gender-neutral language in the nation's legal code to be more inclusive to women, nonbinary, intersex, and gender-nonconforming Americans.
The proposed act has been endorsed by organizations such as the Equal Rights Amendment Coalition and SisTers PGH, and aims to address the intentional exclusion of marginalized communities in the US code.

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The Hill

Lee, Pressley, Garcia push for gender-neutral language in US legal code

House Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday to make the nation’s legal code more inclusive to women, nonbinary, intersex and gender-nonconforming Americans by replacing masculine generics with gender-neutral language. The Equality in Our Laws Act, introduced Tuesday by Reps. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), has been endorsed by the Equal Rights Amendment…

4 months ago·Washington, United States

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NBC Montana

Progressive lawmakers want to erase gendered language in legal documents

NBC Montana, operating as KECI in Missoula, KCFW in Kalispell, and KTVM in Butte and simulcasting through KDBZ in Bozeman offer local and national news stories, sports, weather forecasts as well as entertainment programming. Our coverage area includes much of western Montana, including Thompson Falls, Whitefish, Clinton, Drummond, Philipsburg, Anaconda, Belgrade and Hamilton.

4 months ago·Missoula, United States

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Pressley, Lee, Garcia Introduce Equality in Our Laws Act - Ayanna Pressley

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), alongside Representatives Summer Lee (PA-12), and Robert Garcia (CA-42), introduced the Equality in Our...

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