California city will remove gender terms, including ‘manhole’ and ‘manmade,’ from municipal code
Gender-inclusive restrooms and have become more and more common across the country.
Now, the city of Berkeley is taking it a step further.
The city is removing gender-specific words in its municipal code. It will cost the city about $600 to make the changes. The Berkeley City Council unanimously passed the measure to replace more than two dozen commonly used terms on Tuesday.
It will switch words like “he” and “she” to “they” and “them” in the city code. “Manholes” will be changed to “maintenance holes” and references to manmade will be changed to “artificial.”
Gender-inclusive restrooms and have become more and more common across the country.
Now, the city of Berkeley is taking it a step further.
The city is removing gender-specific words in its municipal code. It will cost the city about $600 to make the changes. The Berkeley City Council unanimously passed the measure to replace more than two dozen commonly used terms on Tuesday.
It will switch words like “he” and “she” to “they” and “them” in the city code. “Manholes” will be changed to “maintenance holes” and references to manmade will be changed to “artificial.”