'Challenge it' | Staff given list of transphobic terms to avoid - will it promote real change?

Staff given list of transphobic terms to avoid - will it promote real change?

Thousands of employees in the probation service have been issued a list of words and phrases to avoid using in the workplace, in a bid to promote inclusion for transgender people.

As reported by the Sunday Telegraph, a glossary titled “recognising transphobic coded language” was circulated among thousands of HMP Probation Service (HMPPS) works, via the HMPPS pride in prisons and probation LGBT+ staff support network.

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