Sensitisation - ÖH of the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg

How-To: Gendering with the colon!?

By QueerreferatPosted on 23. February 2022Posted in Gleichbehandlung & Sensibilisierung, How-To

There are many different approaches and possibilities when it comes to "gendering" - apart from the colon, for example, the "Binnen-I", the slash ("/"), an asterisk ("*") and many more. However, the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg and we as ÖH have been using the colon (":") for some time and recommend this spelling. Why all this? The inverted comma, the slash or [...].

Motion to standardise gender-equitable language unanimously adopted

By QueerreferatPosted on 12. February 2021Posted in Gleichbehandlung & Sensibilisierung

Dear students, at yesterday's 2nd regular meeting of the winter semester 2020/2021, the Queer Department submitted a motion with the following title: Standardisation of gender-equitable and gender-inclusive language in internal and external communication of the ÖH of Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences I am very pleased to report that the motion was unanimously approved and will thus be implemented in the coming weeks [...]