WHAT’S OUT
West Indian: ‘Inappropriate to use’ Afro-Caribbean: ‘Seen as offensive’
Ethnic minority: ‘The majority group also has ethnicity’
Jews: ‘Potential negative connotations’
Immigrant: ‘Can sound exclusionary’
Lady: ‘Patronising’
Old woman
Homosexual: ‘Echoes of discrimination’
Queer: ‘Reclaimed by young people but still considered derogatory by some’
Transsexual: ‘Offensive to many’
Pre-operative or post-operative transgender person: ‘Focuses on anatomy’
Postman, businessman: Not ‘gender neutral’
The blind and/or the deaf
Person who ‘suffers from’...
Mental illness
Dead naming: ‘Highly disrespectful’ use of transgender person’s birth name