Those of us who work in the world of organizing, advocacy, health, or research often have access to terminology that others don’t. As the norms of cultural linguistics change, our best practices around inclusive language, or intentional recognition, evolve with the lived experiences of the people who must be heard in their desire to define themselves.

Our privilege to be at the forefront of these movements allows us to choose our wording carefully, culling the words and phrases that might lead to harm or offense. Of course, this isn’t to say we are perfect in our language, merely that we are admitted access to trending phrases as they're being determined in real time.