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Merriam-Webster dictionary updates definition of 'bisexual' to be inclusive
Community

The Merriam-Webster dictionary just updated its definition of ‘bisexual’ to make it more trans-inclusive

Emma Powys Maurice - September 24, 2020

Dictionary.com LGBT+ words
Community

Dictionary.com adds raft of LGBT+ words – including ‘Pride’ and ‘asexual’ – to ‘eliminate heterosexual bias in language’

Lily Wakefield - September 2, 2020

scrabble slurs
Gaming

Homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs could finally be banned from the official Scrabble dictionary

Lily Wakefield - July 7, 2020

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Merriam-Webster hit back at criticism of the new definition
US

Ben Shapiro just got publicly owned by the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Nick Duffy - September 20, 2019

Merriam-Webster has become the latest dictionary to affirm the use of singular they for non-binary people
News

Merriam-Webster dictionary adds gender-neutral ‘they’ pronoun

Nick Duffy - September 18, 2019

A game of scrabble.
Entertainment

Scrabble adds ‘genderqueer’ and ‘transperson’ to dictionary

- May 2, 2019

'Once Upon A Time In America' cast member James Woods attends the 52nd New York Film Festival at Walter Reade Theater on September 27, 2014 in New York City.
Books

The dictionary has destroyed actor James Woods for an anti-trans tweet

Josh Jackman - February 15, 2019

Current Affairs

Japan’s leading dictionary has added in a definition of LGBT, but it’s not quite right

Jasmine Andersson - January 16, 2018

Explainer

The Ultimate LGBT Glossary: all your questions answered

PinkNews Staff Writer - November 27, 2017

UK

Merriam-Webster included a gender-neutral pronoun before you were born

Josh Jackman - March 16, 2017

Fun

‘Size queen’ and ‘butt plug’ added to Oxford English Dictionary

Joseph McCormick - July 7, 2016

Caitlyn Jenner
Community

Transgender named as 2015 Word of the Year

Joe Williams - November 5, 2015

Community

Do 56k people really think penises can ‘convert’ lesbians?

Joseph McCormick - August 29, 2015

UK

Mx and ‘manspreading’ added to Oxford Dictionary

Joe Williams - August 27, 2015

Community

Oxford English Dictionary adds ‘cisgender’ along with ‘twerk’

Joseph McCormick - June 25, 2015

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