Freie Wähler on equality and diversity

The Free Voters reject any obligation to use gender-inclusive language at schools and universities. The demand appears in both the school chapter and the higher-education chapter.

The Free Voters want no duty to use gender-inclusive language. That means wording that names all genders. Nobody should have to use it at school. The same goes for universities.

The platform lists the demand among its points on school education. It is repeated in the list on higher education. In both areas there is to be no obligation to use this form of language.

The Free Voters want public authorities to stop using gender-inclusive language. In the party's view, such language makes official texts harder to understand and does not change society. The administration should instead communicate in simple, easily understood language.

The Free Voters want government offices to stop using gender-inclusive language. That means wording that names all genders. The party thinks this makes texts hard to understand. Offices should write in a simple and clear way.

The platform argues that language has always changed from the bottom up through the population, not through directives from above. The party objects to authorities addressing citizens in gender-inclusive forms. Use of such language by the state should therefore end. The administration should see itself as a service provider and use simple, easily understood language.