Nondiscrimination Statement

It's important for anyone interested in interacting with the Writing Center to understand our policies and beliefs about nondiscrimination. Below is a personal statement on nondiscriminatory language use, as well as the Writing Center's statement on nondiscrimination.

Writing Center Statement

As an equal opportunity institution, the University of Maine Writing Center exercises the right to honor personal pronoun preference in our composition and publication to avoid gender biased and exclusive language. In accordance with the University's Nondiscrimination Policy and Nonsexist Language Policy, this includes a student's right to their personal pronoun preferences: (she/her, he/his, ze/zir, they/their), and includes the use of they as a singular pronoun and ze/zir pronouns.

Personal Statement

As a student of the University of Maine, an equal opportunity institution, I exercise the right to use gender inclusive language (singular they, ze/zir) in accordance with the University's Nondiscrimination Policy and Nonsexist Language Policy.