Beam me up Scottie ...

It says: “If trans parents have a preferred specified gender role, such as ‘mother’ or ‘father’, this should be respected. If unsure, it is more inclusive to use ‘parent’.”

It adds: "The important principle here is to be inclusive in the broader sense by describing people as ‘parents’, but if individual parents have a preference for a role name, to respect their choice."

Seems perfectly reasonable to me that if find yourself dealing with transgender parents and you don't know what their preference is you play safe and wait for some clues.

That's an interesting thing to attempt to deny. Why do you think English is so widely spoken, not least in Scotland Jim? Did the Scots take it up because they liked the poetic possibilities or maybe it's because ¨Gaelic was introduced to Scotland from Ireland in the 5th century and remained the main language in most rural areas until the early 17th century. It was outlawed by the crown in 1616, and suppressed further after the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.¨

Maybe just consider that so are Spanish, Portuguese, French and a good many other languages colonial languages.

I should think that people who have mothers will still celebrate Mothers Day though I can understand why it might be better not mentioned in an environment where children are present some of whom may not have a mother in their lives.

I would imagine for instance that it was never a thing in orphanages because it was simply inappropriate. What is wrong with identifying a few more places where it is inappropriate and avoiding mentioning it there too?

Anyway God can't be he or She, that not inclusive.

God must be It.

Is it safe to refer to God-Gods as Father-Fathers? I mean Father wasn't gender neutral last I heard and any way referring to any God, any number of Gods or any kind of God/s is always going to be unfair because it excludes atheists.

I think to be fair and fully inclusive it will have to be Thingy/Thingies which may or may not exist.

Ah, a private parts joke.

Can we call them Private Parts, it excludes porn stars and flashers.