Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans “woke language” in Arkansas

Anti-LGBTQ+ Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) has issued an executive order that prohibits “the use of woke, anti-women words for official state government business.” The order instructs all state government offices and agencies to replace inclusive terms with feminine ones: “woman” instead of “menstruating person,” “breastfeeding” rather than “chestfeeding,” and “birth mom” instead of “birth-giver,” for example. These terms are often used to be more inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, and other gender non-conforming people. Some, like “chestfeeding,” are only used in LGBTQ+ contexts. In her address before signing the...