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Mx – A Gender-Neutral Honorific Added To Merriam-Webster Dictionary
The gender-neutral Mx. is used as a title for those who do not identify as being of a particular gender, or for people who simply don’t want to be identified by gender. Though the earliest print evidence dates to 1977, the word has only recently become popular. Pronounced to sound like mix or mux, the…
Mildred Loving, Matriarch of Interracial Marriage, Dies
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Same Sex Marriage Miscellaneous
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Same-Sex Marriage: A Call For Intense Dialogue
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