Links and reading tips
Gender-equitable language at TU Dortmund University
Helpful tools
Genderleicht.de: Tips & tools for gender-equitable language
Gend-O-mat: Gender explained for laypeople University of Weimar
Gender Glossary: Glossary on gender and diversity topics
Skillful gendering: Dictionary with alternatives to masculine word forms
"What to do? Language action - but how? W_Ortungen statt Tatenlosigkeit": Guide to feminist/anti-discriminatory language action
Reading tips
Scientific texts | Technical literature
Lembke, Ulrike (December 2021): "Gender-equitable official language (summary)." Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Federal Monitoring Agency for Accessibility and Information Technology (August 2021): Recommendation on gender-equitable, digitally accessible language
Hartmann, Tina (October 2019): "Arrows to words - Amazons, mothers and the language of patriarchy". Gender Blog
Sczesny, Sabine (October 2019): "Why does it have to be? On the benefits of gender-equitable language". Gender Blog
Nübling, Damaris (October 2019): "Language change and gender - On some misconceptions in the gender debate". Gender Blog
Dr. Lassalle, Andrea (March 2019): "/-innen, Innen und *innen - feminist language criticism". Digital German Women's Archive
German Spelling Council (November 2018): "Empfehlungen zur 'geschlechtergerechten Schreibung'" Council for German Spelling
Nübling, Damaris (March 2018): "Und ob das Genus mit dem Sexus". Language report
Media discourse
Federal Conference of Women and Equal Opportunities Officers at Universities (June 2022): Colon or asterisk? On the question of the lack of barriers in gender-sensitive language
Maan, Noura (March 2020): "Gender-equitable language: revolution without rules of etiquette." Der Standard
Society for the German Language (November 2019): "GfdS guidelines on the possibilities of gendering." Society for the German Language e.V.
Lobin, Henning (April 2019): "The rejection of "gender language" - produced by the media." Spektrum.de
Hartmann, Tina (Apr 2019): "The effective power of literature." taz.de
Prof. Dr. Binder, Beate & Prof. Dr. Vedder, Ulrike (March 2019): "Language and reality and the discussion about the gender star." Humboldt University of Berlin
Pusch, Luise F. (March 2019): "One for all." taz.de
Arndt, Susan (August 2018): "The promise of the gender star." Der Tagesspiegel
Various authors (Menasse, Eva; Schulze, Ingo; Salzmann, Sasha Marianna; Hettche, Thomas; Aydemir, Fatma; Zaimoglu, Feridun; Röggla, Kathrin; Meinecke, Thomas; Lewitscharoff, Sibylle; Setz, Clemens; Beyer, Marcel; Krechel, Ursula; Mosebach, Martin; Grünbein, Durs; Poschmann, Marion) (June 2018): "How do you feel about gender?" Zeit Online
Yaghoobifarah, Hengameh (May 2018): "Stars and starlets." Missy Magazine
Yenirce, Leyla (March 2017): "Inclusive language is not dirty dogshit." Missy Magazine