Markus Söder recently caused an uproar because he wants to ban gender in schools and authorities in Bavaria. Baden-Württemberg’s Interior Minister Thomas Strobl is now following suit.
Gendering with special characters should be banned in the language of the state authorities in Baden-Württemberg. State Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) announced in Stuttgart that special characters such as internal I and gender asterisks will no longer be permitted in administrative language in an administrative regulation.
This would then apply to correspondence from ministries or regional councils. This would cure existing “regulatory deficits”.
Other federal states are also planning bans
In Hesse, a ban on special gender symbols in schools and universities is planned; Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) wants to ban gender in schools and authorities in the Free State. There are already similar bans in other federal states such as Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
The Interior Ministry in Stuttgart had previously rejected an application for a referendum against a gender requirement in schools and authorities – for formal reasons. The initiators had collected and submitted thousands of signatures. The draft law states that the state government and its subordinate authorities as well as all other institutions in the state should waive requirements for the use of gender-neutral changes and additions.
The Spelling Council is of the opinion that everyone should be treated with gender-appropriate language. At the last meeting in the summer, the expert committee did not classify gender symbols as a core component of German orthography.
Source: Stern
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