BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG

Judith Baxter Award The BAAL Language, Gender and Sexuality SIG was founded in 2005 by Judith Baxter and Jane Sunderland. Judith sadly passed away in February 2018 but her legacy lives on through the SIG. The Judith B…

We have just published the info about the Judith Baxter Award 2026. Deadline 30 Jan 2026.

Info here: baalgensex.wordpress.com/judith-baxte...

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The committee had a very productive meeting this morning! We look forward to sharing info about events, how to engage with us and the Judith Baxter Award 2026.

We are happy to announce that we have a new secretary! We look forward to working with @salinacuddy.bsky.social. Congrats, Salina!
Thank you to those who voted and to the other candidate!
More info about the BAAL LGaS SIG upcoming events soon!

Belonging beyond the binary: from Byzantine eunuchs and Indian hijras to gender‐fluid and non‐binary identities While the majority of Western legal systems continue to insist on the existence of only two genders, a demand for the recognition of non-binary gender identities has become increasingly visible. Nume...

There is this paper about ancient history which I found interesting - Gonzalez Salzberg, D. & Perisanidi, M. (2021). Belonging beyond the binary: from Byzantine Eunuchs and Indian Hijras to gender-fluid and non-binary identities, Journal of Law and Society, 48(4), 669-689. doi.org/10.1111/jols...

3 more days to vote for our new secretary!

There is still a bit of time before we can reveal some of our plans for the future but we are working behind the scenes to continue to build a wonderful community! If you want to join us, let us know!

Looks like you are voting! Keep on doing it - 11 more days!

We at BAAL are happy to support the 2026 Lavender Conference, number 32. It'll take place in the beautiful city of Edinburgh, organised by @christianilbury.bsky.social with a brilliant team! Have a look at the keynote speakers and other available info
lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

Our members have received a form to vote for our next Secretary! There is time until 20 October - don't forget to vote!

Deadline tomorrow!

12 more days to apply!
Let us know if you have questions!

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Thanks to the #BAAL2025 audience today - and please join us in the @lgas-baal.bsky.social SIG!

For info on how to become the BAAL SIG new secretary see here ⤵️

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Next up, Jiaqi Tian shares her research into Chinese EFL teachers' views on teaching gender/sexuality. Here we see a mind map used in her research with novice teachers! #BAAL2025 @lgas-baal.bsky.social

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Thank you @lucyjones.bsky.social for chairing the language, gender and sexuality session! Lots of interesting papers and insights! #BAAL2025!
And don't forget to put your name forward for the NEW secretary!

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Being the secretary for @lgas-baal.bsky.social was a wonderful experience. If you’re interested in applying and have questions, please do feel free to DM!

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026

We are looking for a new secretary!

our huge thanks go to @nounfraze.bsky.social who has been a wonderful secretary for many years!

Info here⤵️

Community Join us: it’s free to join the BAAL Language, Gender and Sexuality SIG, all you need to do is subscribe to our mailing list. Send your name and email address to us via the contact form below. Faceb…

We'll keep in touch soon with some winter events! if you want to be added to the mailinglist please contact us (see here: baalgensex.wordpress.com/community/)

🎙️3.Han Shutong, University of Edinburgh, Covert Subversion in Conservative Spaces: The case of a gay doctor in Beijing and

🎙️4. Ashley Xing, University of Edinburgh
Linguistic Landscape of Transnational Queer Activism: A Nexus Analysis of Protest Signs by Chinese LGBTQ+ Community at UK Pride

1. 🎙️Paige Johnson, University of Liverpool
Revisiting herstory: From trailblazers and herstory makers to the pitfalls of popular postfeminism

2. 🎙️Ryan Shaw-Hawkins, University of Glasgow, Contextual effects of perceived cis-normativity: An intraspeaker investigation of /l/ in Nonbinary Speech

A huge "thank you" to those who participated in our event on Wed! @aimeebailey.bsky.social did a wonderful job to put everything together and chair it beautifully! We all made a lot of notes and we look forward to getting to know more about the research of our 4 invited speakers (see post below).

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.

50 attendees registered already! Join us next week. All info in the link below.