A Field Guide to Gender-Neutral Language: For Business, Families & Allies

To many, it feels like a new world of identities and pronouns out there.

This field guide is a resource for organizations, families and allies that want to incorporate gender-inclusive practices into their daily lives. It explains - in simple terms - basic gender-expansive vocabulary and includes recommended approaches that recognize, respect and honor the individuality of every human being in our changing world.

This guide shares concfrete, practical suggestions, inlcuding:

● Methods for incorporating gender-inclusive language into everyday life
● Examples for inclusion of gender nonbinary people in policy creation
● Suggestions for embracing verbiage to use and include in business, families and life
● Explanations on the differences in biological sex, gender identity, sexual
orientation and gender expression
● Why one's personal pronouns have a big impact and how to use them appropriately

Shelley Roth, the author, is a non-binary person that has enjoyed success in a broad range of professions, including a successful technology sales career, a school administrator-guidance counselor, social media consultant & trainer, and nonfiction author, Shelley offers a uniques perspective on the positive effects of conscientious inclusion. Whether you are welcoming a gender-expansive employee into the corporate culture by forming incluisve policies or embracing the diversity of a family member as a show of love, support and acceptance, the author's wish is that this work will serve to guide those efforts and assist in the evolution of a more loving and nururing planet.

As a seasoned speaker, author and social media entrepreneur, Shelley has helped hundreds of organizations transform old perceptions about business leadership and marketing. Companies and individuals alike trust Shelley to simplify solutions for seemingly complicated business challenges and incorporate those solutions into action. With almost two decades of training businesses on the power of digital and social media marketing, Shelley now works with companies to create inclusive practices, answer questions and promote understanding related to the gender non-binary and transgender communities, while building inclusive environments for all. These programs are presented with the goals of fostering more accepting conditions for all individuals regardless of their gender identity while raising awareness and providing structure for becoming an ally for gender non binary people. Shelley has obtained an M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling and an M.Ed. in Educational Administration. In addition, they have completed University of Pitts- burgh's "Gender and Sexuality: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace" course through Courser, and their business, Springboard Ventures, Inc., has been recognized as a Certified LGBT Business Enterprise TM by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce.