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Disinfo: “Wife” and “husband” became banned words

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“Wife” and “Husband” became banned words. They should be called “spouse” now. The UN used to be an international organisation to solve worldwide issues. It is unknown when it became a left-wing institution. They are now working to make the English-language gender-neutral.

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Recurring disinformation about the West or international organisations forcing gender-neutrality on traditional societies.

The twitter post the article refers to is about the UN's recommendations on gender-neutral language, which should be used if one is unsure about someone's gender or refers to a group. However, it is just a recommendation, the UN has no competency to regulate the use of languages.

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News Front - Hungarian (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 200
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19/05/2020
  • Language/target audience: Hungarian
  • Country: New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, UK, US
  • Keywords: United Nations, LGBT

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