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Subscriber only A psychologist has warned the Australian Bureau of Statistics new method to collect data on trans and non-binary individuals which allows them to select up to two genders may not yield accurate figures because young people change their minds about gender regularly. The ABS has updated its official method to collect data on sex and gender earlier this year in response to the growing requirement for data that adequately and accurately reflects trans people in Australia. Australians will also be able to choose numerous answers for sexual preference which may include terms like Asexual , Pansexual and Queer which may be added to an individual s response, the ABS said.
The nation’s top university has told staff to stop using words like mother in favour of “gestational parent” and to call fathers the “non-birthing parent”.
The nation’s top university has told staff to stop using words like mother in favour of “gestational parent” and to call fathers the “non-birthing parent”.
Australian university urges staff to say chestfeeding instead of breastfeeding , gestational parent instead of mother
16 Feb, 2021 04:38 AM
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The terms mother and father should be replaced with gestational and nongestational parent, according to the Australian National University s Gender-Inclusive Handbook. Photo / File, 123RF
The terms mother and father should be replaced with gestational and nongestational parent, according to the Australian National University s Gender-Inclusive Handbook. Photo / File, 123RF
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By: Frank Chung
Australia s leading university has encouraged staff to use parent-inclusive language , such as chestfeeding instead of breastfeeding and human milk rather than mother s milk .
Similarly, the terms mother and father should be replaced with gestational and nongestational parent, according to the Australian National University s Gender-Inclusive Handbook.
The nation’s top university has told staff to stop using words like mother in favour of “gestational parent” and to call fathers the “non-birthing parent”.