Freie Wähler on equality and diversity

The Free Voters reject rules requiring gender-inclusive language from employers, public authorities and universities; language should develop without deliberate intervention. They also oppose what they call cancel culture and want to promote a respectful culture of debate.

The Free Voters do not want anyone forced to use gender-inclusive language. That means writing and speaking so that all genders are included. Employers, offices and universities should not require it. The party also wants people to argue with respect.

The platform stresses personal responsibility and the individual's free choices within the law. It wants to counter social division and promote respectful interaction, including on social media. It calls for standing together against what the party sees as a growing culture of social censorship, and says excessive "political correctness" must not restrict people. The platform also names neutral media reporting, more media literacy, and easing conflicts between urban and rural areas and between generations.

The Free Voters want to expand participation for people with disabilities and ease the burden on their families. They add equality demands such as equal pay for equal work, more women in leadership positions and better protection from violence.

People with disabilities should be able to take part everywhere. Train stations and new buildings should have no barriers. Deaf people should get money. Women and men should earn the same for the same work. Women's shelters should get more staff.

All rail stops in Bavaria are to become accessible, as are new buildings with three or more housing units as a rule. A benefit for deaf people is to be introduced and voting restrictions for people with disabilities lifted. Special-needs schools are to stay; at the same time there are to be more teaching posts for inclusive classes and more university places in special education. Sheltered workshops are to be strengthened and moves into the regular labor market supported. The program calls for a statewide protection network for women and children threatened by violence and more staff for women's shelters and hotlines. Fathers are to get more rights in divorce cases, and the party counts the traditional family among the ways of life that deserve acceptance.