{"id":17503,"date":"2025-10-21T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=17503"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:56:00","slug":"supporting-non-binary-transgender-employees-terminology","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-strategy\/dei\/supporting-non-binary-transgender-employees-terminology\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting non-binary and transgender employees: Terminology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-primary-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b5fc8583 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:25px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div 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