Transport for London has taken steps towards gender neutral rail announcements – and it’s time for this to become the wider norm
In case you didn’t know/hadn’t realised yet – recently Sadiq Khan spoke out on Question Time, committing to a ‘transition from gender-specific phrases like ‘ladies and gentlemen’, which are currently used in announcements, to a gender-neutral alternative such as good morning/good afternoon everyone’.
Changes will be made to pre-recorded announcements as well as guidance given to staff.
I sent a tweet out, celebrating this: