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Celebrating Pride: How to write gender-neutral coding tutorials

Ryan Thelin on June 09, 2021

Pride Month is an annual celebration for the month of June that is dedicated to celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual, and Queer people an...
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While I agree in principle, I think this post blows things out of proportion quite a bit.

There's a meaningful difference between referring to an example developer, and addressing the reader. The latter is when it's really important to be gender-neutral.

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ruthmoog

Great advice, I wholly agree.
When I read 'he' or 'he/she' in coding tutorials or posts, I find it jarring. Using 'they' is more inclusive, and less distracting.