{"id":28482,"date":"2021-06-30T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.blog.logitech.com\/?p=28482"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T21:34:38","slug":"words-connect-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/30\/words-connect-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Words Connect Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Logitech we believe that words are powerful. Words connect us. They help us understand each other and help create an environment where we feel welcome, validated and included, at the same time they can make some feel unwelcome or unseen. Embracing inclusivity of language is an important part of being an ally to the LGBTQ+ community or any underrepresented group &#8211; not only during June\u2019s Pride celebrations, but everyday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether it be understanding of personal pronouns or opening a meeting with \u201chi team\u201d versus \u201chi guys,\u201d inclusive language opens up conversations that allow others to share who they are and how they live, versus restricting others to fit into any preconceived assumptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it makes you a little uncomfortable &#8211; that\u2019s ok. Think about how uncomfortable others have been for so long. Those with different identities haven\u2019t always had a way to talk about their experience or weren&#8217;t in a position to authentically express themselves. Inclusive language helps convey respect to all people. It helps us practice sensitivity to the differences that make us unique, and to intentionally and proactively show an openness towards those differences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Language is dynamic. What is considered inclusive is constantly evolving. You might not always know what to say, so stay humble and curious.\u00a0 At Logitech, we\u2019d rather try, ask, be curious and maybe make a mistake, but that&#8217;s better than the alternative of closing a conversation before it truly starts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Logitech we believe that words are powerful. Words connect us. They help us understand each other and help create an environment where we feel welcome, validated and included, at the same time they can make some feel unwelcome or unseen. Embracing inclusivity of language is an important part of being an ally to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":28483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853,3120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28486,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28482\/revisions\/28486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}