Airline bans 'gender-inappropriate' words like 'mum', 'dad'
Qantas Airways has banned its employees from using "gender-inappropriate" terms like "guys", "husband", "wife", "mum" and "dad" in an effort to avoid offending the LGBTI community. It told staffers that such terms "can reinforce the idea that people are always in heterosexual relationships," while adding that male employees must not "manterrupt" or interrupt women when they are speaking.