The Antimanual of the Spanish language for a non-sexist language was presented by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), at the invitation of the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI). During the International Book Fair in Monterrey, Modesta García, head of the Publications Department, and Brenda Macías, head of the Diffusion and Extension Department of the Gender Studies Research Center, discussed this linguistic proposal.
The Antimanual promotes the use of Inclusive Non-Sexist Language (LINS) as a political approach to inclusively name everything that exists, through discursive strategies such as letter modification, certain spellings, or the creation of new words. This approach responds to the premise that what is not named does not exist and provides advice aimed at those who choose to use LINS as a political and activist exercise.
Modesta García Roa emphasized that the suggestions presented in the Antimanual do not constitute rules or impositions, but rather recommendations that seek to encourage a broader and more diverse view of the world through language. "We are participants in this language, but we firmly believe that no one can force us to use it, although no one can prohibit us from using it either," García Roa highlighted.
A recent example of the use of the Antimanual was provided by the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, who requested to be referred to with that feminine term, instead of the traditional masculine "President." Following the results of the electoral process, Sheinbaum expressed: "President with an a and the most important thing is that we all arrived at the Presidency of Mexico after 200 years of the birth of the republic."
