Gender star

[5] The gender star was named the German Anglicism of the Year in 2018 by the Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache.

[15] In 2019, Christiane Hohenstein of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ZHAW was asked in an interview if she thought the gender star was a good solution to include not only male and female but also non-binary identities.

She responded positively, comparing its use to how the asterisk symbol is used in database queries and praising its ability to express greater inclusivity.

[17][18] Luise F. Pusch, a German feminist linguist, criticises the gender star as it still makes women the 'second choice' by the use of the feminine suffix.

[26] In 2024, voters in the city of Zurich voted against an initiative that aimed to ban the use of the gender star in government documents.