A gender ban has been in effect at Bavarian authorities, schools and universities since April. In essays and seminar papers, you are no longer allowed to use special characters that also include non-binary people.
The pure male and female forms – such as “pupils” – are still permitted. Student Maria Meyer: “Unfortunately, that excludes a lot of people.” Parents' advisory board: ‘Bans in this direction are not good’ and “Language is something very important, very important. It is important to use language to address everyone, to listen to each other and listen to one another’, says Sibyl Rollinger, who represents the joint parents' council in Weilheim-Penzilberg.. Gender-fair language aims to include all people. In Bavaria it is now banned in state institutions such as schools. A regulation that causes criticism. The Bavarian Prime Minister fears that gender-appropriate language will divide society, as he said in December.