TedX Says it Will Refer to Women as “Womxn” to Fight “Discrimination”

Conference organization TedX says it has started referring to women as “womxn” in order to fight “prejudice” and “discrimination,” prompting a backlash on Twitter.

The group announced that it was planning to hold a TEDxLondonWomxn conference this coming Autumn, prompting one user to ask, “what is a womxn?”

HELLO YOU!

TEDxLondonWomxn is coming back (virtually)! 💥

And we'd love you to share your ideas to help us to build our programme of events for this Autumn…

Please share your thoughts in our 5 min quiz https://t.co/lOt7CXXC7x
THANK YOU!
❌ #TEDxLondon #TEDxLondonWomxn pic.twitter.com/6yeIOco3KD

— TEDxLondon (@tedxlondon) September 4, 2020

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