Sharon Hurley Hall

Identity beyond the labels

The names we use to indicate identity have power - the power to heal and the power to harm, the power to unite and the power to divide, the power to uplift and the power to tear down. And yet, it's something we rarely think about, going along unquestioningly with the latest iteration of official alphabet soup. But language is ever-evolving, and even the terminology we grew up with may not land the same way with audiences we serve. Here's an insight into this.