Gender Neutral Language

Students interact with Finnish counterparts

9 Feb 2012

Communicating across an ocean and nearly 5000 miles of distance, about 15 people participated in a videoconference Wednesday morning with a handful of Finnish students at the University of Helsinki.

'Swedish needs a gender-neutral pronoun'

8 Feb 2012

The Swedish language is in need of a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, argue a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house set to release a children's book featuring the word "hen" rather than "han" (he) or hon (she).

Lake Mary voters give thumbs up to charter changes

6 Feb 2012

Lake Mary voters today overwhelmingly approved a charter amendment that requires candidates for mayor or City Commission to have lived in the city for at least a year before running.