The State Department has directed employees in a new style guide to avoid using identity- and gender-related terms, such as LGBTQI+ and other acronyms.

The guide stands in stark contrast to the Biden administration’s State Department, including a memo signed by former Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly encouraging officials to use “gender-neutral language whenever possible,” including “they/them” and “ze/zir,” Semafor reported Friday.

In the new guide, which was seen by Semafor, the State Department’s executive secretariat told employees to avoid using “they/them” as a singular pronoun; stop the use of “gender” to refer to people; and discouraged the use of words such as “bias,” “equity,” “ally,” “discrimination,” “diversity,” and “marginalized,” except in specific contexts.

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