The ISMA encourages its members to use gender-neutral language when patients prefer it.
 
Resolution 23-057 was passed during the 174th ISMA Annual Convention in support of the practice, and it has since been added to the ISMA Public Policy Manual. The resolution states, “RESOLVED, that the ISMA encourage its members to use gender-neutral language when preferred by patients to better care for individuals excluded by gender-specific language.”
 
According to the National Institutes of Health, it is best practice to “avoid using binary language that indicates there are only two (gender identities). Use all genders instead of both genders, opposite sex, or either sex. If referring only to sex, use female, male, or intersex.”