We can't wait to be with many of you in a little over a week in Manchester at #LavLang31 ! @us with information about your talks and with the goings on of conference life so we can share with everyone here! 💜

Studying abroad? Have studied abroad? Trans/NB/Gender Trans non-compliant? Research Participants needed! A queer-led dissertation on gender, language and power Takes ~15 minutes for survey! Complete the survey to enter a 50 gift card raffle! Find the Study Survey https:/ ttps://bit.ly/ALDiss /ALDiss Additional compensation for interview(s)! T Scan me Questions? Contact: leydic@arizona.edu leydic@ An Institutional Review Board responsible for research University Arizona reviewed research praject prajectand found acceptable, according applicable state and federal regulations and University policies designed protect the rights and welfare of participantsi inresearch.

Are you trans and/or nonbinary (in the broadest sense of these terms)? Have you studied abroad or are you considering studying abroad in the future?

Please check out my awesome advisee's dissertation study.

[Please share widely with your networks 💜]

PhD candidate Liza Sulkin was accepted for a talk at @lavlang.bsky.social this summer in Manchester!

She will report on how F0, CoG of /s/, and speech rate correlate with gender presentation and sexuality for a group of women and NB AFAB people. Congrats, Liza!

Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, 20th-22nd August, 2025 Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

#LavLang31 is only a couple of months away - Some of us from the BAAL LGaS SIG will be there! Will you join?
Links for registration and info here: lavlang2025.wordpress.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

@lavlang.bsky.social.

@lavlang.bsky.social people, see you in Manchester!

Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, 20th-22nd August, 2025 Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

V proud to say I'll be presenting our work on trans men's vocal style-shifting and metalinguistic awareness next month at LavLang 31 @lavlang.bsky.social!🪻🌈💬
If you like LGBTQ things, linguistics, or Manchester, you should come too!

lavlang2025.wordpress.com

If you're in the UK and have ever used any kind of gender-affirming voice training (coaching, youtube, whatever), my student would love to hear from you. It's anonymous! universityofkent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #linguistics

#LingComm25 update: We're looking forward to a ✨plenary✨ from Prof @emilymbender.bsky.social: Lingcomm in the Face of Well-Funded Nonsense

Read more:
lingcomm.org/lingcomm25/s...

Register now:
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Hi friends! I'm hoping someone who languages in Arabic might have an interest in participating as a trans/nonbinary language expert. If you know anyone who might be a good fit, could you share this with them? Thank you in advance for any help! 💜

Writing up a talk on nonbinary Yiddish and need to know if the applied linguistics crowd will be fine with me just slapping the 🫡🏳️‍⚧️ emoji pairing up on my slide talking about the Yiddish pronominal system

Monday is the last day to submit abstracts for #LavLang31 lavlang2025.wordpress.com/submit-abstr...

Please consider joining us, and remind your friends 💜

just a reminder: the very final deadline for Lavlang31 abstract submissions is Monday!

There's still time to submit an abstract to #LavLang31 ! 💜

publishers marketplace screenshot: HOW TO NONBINARY A LANGUAGE by Kirby Conrod was sold at auction to Julia Steer at OUP by Kate McKean

HEY SO I TO GET TO SHARE THIS NOW. REALLY EXCITED

@krisknisely.bsky.social is organising a wonderful "event" - see the call here⤵️
(and if you know language teachers, please feel free to share).

FYI: The due date for #LavLang31 abstract submissions has been extended to 17 March. Please share the call widely with your networks! lavlang2025.wordpress.com/submit-abstr...

Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, 20th-22nd August, 2025 Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

🚨Deadline extension🚨:
After a few requests, I'm happy to share that the @lavlang.bsky.social 31 conference CfP has been extended by 10 days -- new deadline for CfPs for Lavlang31 is March 17th, 2025.

It would be great to see you in Manchester in August!

lavlang2025.wordpress.com

FYI that Yuka is still looking for a few more participants. Please check out their call below and share with your networks.

A few days remain to submit for the next #LavLang conference! 💜

Poster with following text against pink and yellow background: CfP: Queer Media Theories Workshop Erich Auerbach Institute for Advanced Studies University of Cologne June 26, 2025

This one-day and in-person workshop seeks to bring together scholars working at the intersection of queer studies and media theory. It is inspired by two interrelated dynamics. First, we recognize a resurgent interest to theorize media practice among scholars working in varying disciplinary contexts. Drawing on a robust history of thought about the characteristics of media and their relation to culture, recent scholarship has brought to bear insights about media operations’ relationships to historically and structurally marginalized communities. Second, the last three decades have seen the emergence of extensive lines of inquiry in queer studies grounded in analyses of media. From discussions animated by an interest in global cultural engagement to microhistories of media usage, scholars have charted a rich cultural terrain of queer media practices. Devised as a venue in which participants can continue to think about the intersection between queer studies and media theory, the Queer Media Theories workshop seeks to catalyze existing interests with a focus on theoretically-oriented projects whose themes and methods have thus far been underexplored. There are no geographic, period, or disciplinary limitations for the workshop. The organizers welcome submissions by scholars working at any stage of their career. If you are interested in the project and would like to brainstorm how best you can contribute, reach out to the organizers, who would be glad to help you participate.

Limited funds are available to offset some of the cost of participation in the workshop for participants. If you would like to draw on these funds, please indicate your request in the email with as many details as possible. The organizers welcome proposals for 20–30-minute presentations in either English or German related to the workshop theme. The proposal should have a title, an abstract (ca. 250 words), and a bio (ca. 100 words). Please submit this information in an email to both organizers by: March 28, 2025. Acceptance emails will be sent by April 4, 2025. Organizers & Contacts Kyle Frackman (University of British Columbia): kyle.frackman@ubc.ca Ervin Malakaj (University of British Columbia/Erich Auerbach Institute): ervin.malakaj@ubc.ca Sponsorship The Erich Auerbach Institute of the University of Cologne The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

My comrade and drag mom @kyfrack.bsky.social and I are hosting a workshop on queer media theory at the Auerbach Institute of the University of Cologne this summer. Reach out if you are interested in participating. Glad to brainstorm with you. 🌈

Gender and racial bias issues in a commercial “tone of voice” analysis system Social Feedback Speech Technologies (SFST) are programs and devices, often “AI”-powered, that claim to provide users with feedback about how their speech sounds to other humans. To date, academic rese...

I have a new article out today with the homie @pereed.bsky.social in PLOS One, “Gender and Racial Bias Issues in a Commercial ‘Tone of Voice’ Analysis System”! In short, don’t believe devices that claim to tell you how you sound to other humans!

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

As a reminder: submissions are still welcome!

Please continue to share! Lots of space left in this professional learning/working group! :) #LangChat #LanguageTeacher #Languages #ProfessionalDevelopment #OER

Starter pack of people doing LGBTQ+/queer linguistics (writ large)!

Please share and let me know if you'd like to be added :)

go.bsky.app/2mjmgqt

Language teachers: Want free materials that are trans-affirming & gender-just? Join an online professional community to learn more about gender justice & collaboratively make them! I'm looking for teachers of languages other than English who would like to participate in a online professional community April 1-May 6 focused on deepening our understandings of gender-just language pedagogies and collaboratively creating open educational resources in the languages we teach, with support from researchers in trans applied linguistics and trans/nonbinary language experts. There is no cost to participate and 20 educators who take part in the learning community, create 1 or more OER to share, and take an exit survey will receive $100. Do you qualify? 1. Do you teach a language other than English (at any level, K-16)? 2. Do you have an interest in trans-affirming, gender-just language education? 3. Would you like to make professional connections with other language teachers and community experts? 4. Would you like to co-create open educational resources (OERs) including trans and nonbinary ways of doing language? April 1-May 6, 2025. Estimated 10-15 hours. Flexible scheduling. Free/$100: 20 educators who take part in the free learning community, create 1+ OER to share, & take an exit survey will receive $100. Fill out a short interest form or ask questions: https://bit.ly/GenderJustPLONS

ISO Language teachers for gender justice

Are you a language teacher who wants to learn more about gender justice & collaboratively make free resources to support the teaching and learning of nonbinary ways of doing languages other than English?

Interest form: bit.ly/GenderJustPL...

Please share!

Hi Monty! We would love to be added to the starter pack. 💜

in case you missed it, my piece for the Demystifying Language Project is up: Is singular they old or new? #linguistics

A screenshot of the University of Toronto Press Website for the journal Gender and Language. It lists three titles: "Cultivating trans linguistics: Creativity and contestation" by Cedar Brown, deandre miles-hercules, and Lal Zimman; "Interrogating the cisgender listening subject in the study of trans voices" by J Calder and Ariana Steele; and "Misgender or out yourself: Vulnerability in pronoun sharing practices" by Cedar Brown.

A screenshot of the University of Toronto Press Website for the journal Gender and Language. It lists four titles: "‘But […] how can you call yourself not binary???’: Linguistic self-determination, gatekeeping and trans identities in the French-speaking context" by Jordan J. Tudisco; " Claiming transgender identity: Contextualising linguistic tensions over the term transgender in Hong Kong" by Kimberly Tao; " That /s/tiene tumbao: Chonga-fied sibilants and the disidentificatory sociophonetics of Miami Latinx drag" by Dozandri C. Mendoza, and " Language ideologies, life-making and vitality in trans communities in the US South" by Archie Crowley.

It's a weird time to be doing very trans research, but I'm grateful to be in community with so many great scholars working on trans linguistics -- some gathered in the latest issue of Gender and Language: utppublishing.com/toc/gl/18/3

LingComm25 Conference Programme For most timezones, LingComm25 will run April 7-10, 2025, in a four-hour block each day beginning at 14:00 UTC.

#LingComm25 — the conference programme is up!

Which session are you most looking forward to?

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