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Vermont Department of Health Urges People To Not Say ‘Son’ and ‘Daughter’ For Sake of Inclusion

Vermont Department of Health Urges People To Not Say ‘Son’ and ‘Daughter’ For Sake of Inclusion

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Don't say "son" and "daughter" because those terms are not inclusive enough, the Vermont Department of Health recently said.  Vermont's public health agency is under fire over a Facebook post where it urged its state's residents to stop saying "son" and "daughter" and instead use gender-neutral terms like "child" and "kid."

Don't say "son" and "daughter" because those terms are not inclusive enough, the Vermont Department of Health recently said.  Vermont's public health agency is under fire over a Facebook post where it urged its state's residents to stop saying "son" and "daughter" and instead use gender-neutral terms like "child" and "kid."…