The American Psychological Association was doing this with APA papers in the 1980's - if the efforts had continued for gender neutrality - we wouldn't be trying to make it happen now.

I wrote papers in this format back in the late 80's.
Sure took it's time finding a place to land.

The point being there is a gender bias towards papers being about men or women - when in fact - both participants are almost always used. It was ridiculous. And the scientists noticed.
We do this gender bias in a lot of places you'd never even notice.

Some of the comments below are a bit moronic. The city isn't banning anyone from saying "he" or "she". They are removing gender specific words from college text, city forms and when referencing certain things such as manhole covers and fraternities. They aren't banning genders or censoring how people refer to each other.

This isn't anything radical. Get a grip people.

Not a bad idea. It will be hard to go without genders - but it's a fascinating social experiment.

I can picture a coffee shop saying "Hey you in the red dress" - or "person with short blonde hair - order up". It might actually require more words - and thought be put into what people say - before they say it.

Also Manholes - can be "Access hatches". Way more this century. Women have been working those job a long time now.

Not a horrible idea, but people will struggle with it because it is change.

Weird...so...you can't say...hey...look at that man, guy, girl woman...you have to say...hey...look at that INDIVIDUAL over there. IS THAT what they are looking for??? Kinda stupid, but...I guess it makes sense. To a degree for a certain kind of person.

Probably not the daftest idea the lefties came up with. Maybe manholes should be left alone if only men use them. Something like sewer holes would work if it didn't become another word for backsides.

At first, I thought this might be a joke.
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That comment section is full of right-wing conservative trumpeter shills... They are really blanketing the comment sections these days to control the narrative... And they are even quoting 1984 ironically unironically... As if they aren't the tools of Big Brother... Pretty sickening.