LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — One of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ first acts as Arkansas governor was to ban most state agencies from using the gender-neutral term Latinx, tapping into a debate t…
By Andrew DeMillo and Claire Savage | Associated Press
“One of the things as governor that I will not permit is the government using culturally insensitive words,” Sanders said as she signed the order. Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego from Arizona also said that year his staff was not allowed to use the term in official communications. Sanders isn’t the first governor to ban or restrict the use of certain words. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul last year signed a bill in New York removing from state education law the word “incorrigible,” a term that critics had called sexist and racist.
Sanders has also said she would support legislation similar to Florida’s law that forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. Critics have dubbed it the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
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