gender-neutral
adjective
: not referring to either sex but only to people in general
gender-neutral language
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And in 2023 and 2024, the two years since the Spirit Awards switched to gender-neutral acting categories with 10 nominees each, the winner for supporting performance has gone on to win the Oscar, while the winner of the lead performance award has been nominated for an Oscar but lost.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Since 2023, the Spirit Awards have enforced a gender-neutral policy regarding its acting categories, which now include 10 spots each.
—Paul Chi, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
Searchlight’s buddy comedy A Real Pain was a double winner today, for writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg’ Best’s Screenplay and the gender-neutral Supporting Performance for Kieran Culkin.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
The investigations target a school district’s gender-neutral bathroom and institutions that have allowed transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 21 Feb. 2025
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Since 2023, the Spirit Awards have enforced a gender-neutral policy regarding its acting categories, which now include 10 spots each.
—Paul Chi, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
Searchlight’s buddy comedy A Real Pain was a double winner today, for writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg’ Best’s Screenplay and the gender-neutral Supporting Performance for Kieran Culkin.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
The investigations target a school district’s gender-neutral bathroom and institutions that have allowed transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Gender-neutral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender-neutral. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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