House Democrats Introduce Gender-Neutral Laws Bill

Three Democratic members of Congress introduced legislation on Tuesday aimed at ushering in gender blindness in U.S. laws. 

Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts., Pennsylvania Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Robert Garcia, a gay California congressman, announced the Equality in Our Laws Act. The bill would enshrine gender equity in the U.S. legal code by replacing masculine generics with gender-neutral language.

For example, rather than using “he,” the law should use “the Secretary” when referring to the head of a federal agency, or rather than a “fireman,” laws should reference a “firefighter,” a statement announcing the bill read.

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