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 As contributors and maintainers of this project, we pledge to respect all people who contribute through reporting issues, posting feature requests, updating documentation, submitting pull requests or patches, and other activities.
 
-We are committed to making participation in this project a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of the level of experience, gender, gender identity, expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, or religion.
+We are committed to making participation in this project a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of the level of experience, sex, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, or religion.
 
 Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include the use of sexual language or imagery, derogatory comments or personal attacks, trolling, public or private harassment, insults, or other unprofessional conduct.
 
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 ## Acknowledgements
 
-This CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md was originally forked from the [United States Digital Service](https://usds.gov) [Justice40](https://thejustice40.com) open source [repository](https://github.com/usds/justice40-tool), and we would like to acknowledge and thank the community for their contributions.
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+This CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md was originally forked from the [United States Digital Service](https://usds.gov) [Justice40](https://thejustice40.com) open source [repository](https://github.com/usds/justice40-tool), and we would like to acknowledge and thank the community for their contributions.