updates based on pr 486

proselint/checks/glaad/__init__.py

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+"""GLAAD."""

proselint/checks/glaad/offensive_terms.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""GLAAD.
+
+---
+layout:     post
+source:     GLAAD Media Reference Guide - 9th Edition
+source_url: http://www.glaad.org/reference
+title:      GLAAD Guidelines
+date:       2016-07-06
+categories: writing
+---
+
+This check looks for offensive terms related to LGBTQ issues and
+raises an error marking them as offensive. The New York Times and
+Associated Press have also adopted this style guide.
+
+"""
+from proselint.tools import memoize, existence_check
+
+
+@memoize
+def check(text):
+    """Flag offensive words based on the GLAAD reference guide."""
+    err = "glaad.offensive_terms"
+    msg = "Offensive term. Remove it or consider the context."
+
+    list = [
+        "fag",
+        "faggot",
+        "dyke",
+        "sodomite",
+        "homosexual agenda",
+        "gay agenda",
+        "transvestite",
+        "homosexual lifestyle",
+        "gay lifestyle"
+        # homo - may create false positives without additional context
+        # FIXME use topic detetor to decide whether "homo" is offensive
+    ]
+
+    return existence_check(text, list, err, msg, join=True, ignore_case=False)

proselint/checks/glaad/terms.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""GLAAD.
+
+---
+layout:     post
+source:     GLAAD Media Reference Guide - 9th Edition
+source_url: http://www.glaad.org/reference
+title:      GLAAD Guidelines
+date:       2016-07-06
+categories: writing
+---
+
+This check looks for possibly offensive terms related to LGBTQ issues and
+makes more acceptable recommendations. TheNew York Times and
+Associated Press have also adopted this style guide.
+
+"""
+from proselint.tools import memoize, preferred_forms_check
+
+
+@memoize
+def check(text):
+    """Suggest preferred forms given the reference document."""
+    err = "glaad.terms"
+    msg = "Possibly offensive term. Consider using '{}' instead of '{}'."
+
+    list = [
+        ["gay man",            ["homosexual man"]],
+        ["gay men",            ["homosexual men"]],
+        ["lesbian",            ["homosexual woman"]],
+        ["lesbians",            ["homosexual women"]],
+        ["gay people",            ["homosexual people"]],
+        ["gay couple",            ["homosexual couple"]],
+        ["sexual orientation",           ["sexual preference"]],
+        ["openly gay",    ["admitted homosexual", "avowed homosexual"]],
+        ["equal rights",            ["special rights"]]
+        ]
+
+    return preferred_forms_check(text, list, err, msg, ignore_case=False)

tests/test_glaad_offensive_terms.py

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+"""Test GLAAD Guidelines."""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from .check import Check
+
+from proselint.checks.glaad import offensive_terms as chk
+
+
+class TestCheck(Check):
+    """The test class for glaad.offensive_terms."""
+
+    __test__ = True
+
+    @property
+    def this_check(self):
+        """Bolierplate."""
+        return chk
+
+    def test_smoke(self):
+        """Basic smoke test for glaad.offensive_terms."""
+        assert self.passes("""Smoke phrase with nothing flagged.""")
+        assert self.passes("""I once met a gay man.""")
+        assert not self.passes("""I once met a fag.""")

tests/test_glaad_terms.py

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+"""Test GLAAD Guidelines."""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from .check import Check
+
+from proselint.checks.glaad import terms as chk
+
+
+class TestCheck(Check):
+    """The test class for glaad.terms."""
+
+    __test__ = True
+
+    @property
+    def this_check(self):
+        """Bolierplate."""
+        return chk
+
+    def test_smoke(self):
+        """Basic smoke test for glaad.terms."""
+        assert self.passes("""Smoke phrase with nothing flagged.""")
+        assert self.passes("""They were a gay couple.""")
+        assert not self.passes("""He was a homosexual man.""")
+
+    def test_homosexual_term(self):
+        """Check that the term homosexual does not get caught."""
+        assert self.passes("""Homosexual.""")
+
+    def test_sexual_prefence(self):
+        """Check that sexual preference is flagged."""
+        assert not self.passes("""My sexual preference is for women.""")