gender-neutral

American  

[jen-der-noo-truhl, -nyoo-] / ˈdʒɛn dərˈnu trəl, -ˈnyu- /

adjective

1. noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only.

   Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.

2. using words wherever appropriate that are free of reference to gender.

   gender-neutral language.

3. relating to, intended for, or common to any gender.

   a nursery decorated with gender-neutral colors.

4. noting or relating to a person of neutral gender, neither male nor female.

   raising a gender-neutral child to avoid gender stereotypes.

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Example Sentences

Replacing Griffith Park’s historic but idle swimming pool is likely to take at least three years and cost $40 million while delivering a competition pool, a neighboring recreational pool and a rehabilitated pool house with a gender-neutral bathhouse facility, city officials and designers told Los Feliz residents at an open house meeting Thursday night.

From Los Angeles Times

On the ground floor, the building’s open-air male and female changing rooms will merge into one larger indoor gender-neutral area with private changing rooms and toilet stalls, Kingsnorth said.

From Los Angeles Times

Kingsnorth said the gender-neutral dressing room design was not mandated by state or federal restrictions but was a priority for the city’s Recreation and Parks Department.

From Los Angeles Times

Some have paid for legal advice, while others have taken mitigating steps such as introducing gender-neutral toilets.

From BBC

“My daughter would pick a Barbie movie and my son would pick Ninja Turtles and the other would have no interest in watching it,” said Redeker, of Vienna, Va. “We began choosing more gender-neutral movies like ‘Inside Out’ that everyone enjoys.”

From The Wall Street Journal