In what its deemed its “biggest update ever” Dictionary.com has added or modified over 15,000 words in its data base, many of which with the goal of having better LGBTQ and racial visibility.
Dictionary.com made many changes related to LGBTQ terms, including capitalizing Pride and giving it its own separate entry; adding words like ace, ambisextrous, asexual, biromantic, deadname, gender-inclusive, gender diversity, and trans+; and also making sweeping changes regarding the terms “homosexual” and “homosexuality,” as suggested by GLAAD and the American Psychological Association. “The previously used terms, homosexual and homosexuality, originated as clinical language, and dictionaries have historically perceived such language as scientific