EasyJet reinforces gender binaries

[Jimbuna]

"Ladies and gentlemen" will no longer be used by the budget airline EasyJet to address passengers following a Twitter complaint that the greeting "reinforces gender binaries".

The British airline has reportedly requested cabin crew to substitute the term for "welcome everyone" to foster greater inclusivity.

According to The Sun, the decision to move away from the generic greeting was sparked by a transgender professor at the Birkbeck University of London, Dr Andi Fugard, who took issue with the airline's use of "gender binaries".

"Dear @easyjet, are you in some kind of competition to see how many times you can reinforce gender binaries? 'Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls', perfume strictly segregated again by 'ladies and gentlemen'. Ditch sir/madam too. An organisation as huge as yours must do better," Dr Fugard complained on Twitter in August.

"At EasyJet we do not discriminate against any individual - passengers or staff members," the airline responded.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...id=mailsignout

Just wasted a couple of minutes of your life reading this as I did?

This is said 'individual' Dr Fugard