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! 💜

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!

#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!

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: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-intern...

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 ! 💜

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...

🚨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! 💜

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. 🌈

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

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!

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

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 — the conference programme is up! Which session are you most looking forward to? lingcomm.org/lingcomm23/s...

#DDFC is a collective of language scholar-educators & learners in French & Francophone Studies who are committed to challenging oppression in all of its forms. We're built by & for those marginalized in & by our field. Repost & follow to help us (re)connect with people who share our commitments? 🤍

My postdoctoral fellowship application is due this Saturday, March 1st. My postdocs have done exceptionally well on the job market, so get your applications in! I accept postdocs that already have jobs-- note the position is full-time & in-person at Stanford. postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...

ISO Trans/nonbinary people to hire as (non-English) language experts Are you trans and know a language other than English? I'm looking for people who are in-community and want to collaboratively develop free language learning materials. Interest form: bit.ly/TLangExpert Please share!

If you are a conference organizer, I doubt I'm the only one, but I will chat with you about how to make things as safe as possible for trans/GnC people FOR FREE right now. It's not that I don't value my time (or others), but I want people to be safe and I know not everyone has $ for advice/help.

#LavLang31 takes place this August in Manchester, UK - timed to end the day before the city's fabulous Pride march and festival. Join us!

I'm so pleased that this article is now out in the world! It's the first publication from my most recent project exploring intersectionality and marginalised identity construction. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Please can anyone recommend studies using discourse analysis to analyse identity construction in song lyrics? This is to help a dissertation student, who's interested in how Taylor Swift and Madonna position themselves as women in their songs. Thanks in advance!

Social media is getting fragmented, so if you've newly joined somewhere or are thinking about switching and want more linguistics in your feeds, we've put together this list of tons of linguisticsy options both online and off!

I am solemnly tapping the sign again kconrod.medium.com/the-right-do...

The LavLang Summer Institute 2025 is accepting applications! I will be teaching a course in Crip Linguistics🦻 💻 Program dates: June 9 - June 19, 2025 (online!) Pass along to interested students & colleagues! 🗓️ Priority deadline to apply: December 15, 2024 forms.office.com/r/sFnM0TkM4q

And do not forget to follow @lgas-baal.bsky.social

Thread of resources on trans languaging and language learning (esp French, and not only) or check out www.krisknisely.com I hesitated to migrate these over from the bad place, but on the chance that (free copies) could help someone, here's to new (re)beginnings: Also, go do mutual aid pls

And more language, gender and sexuality at Manchester Met - submit your abstract for LavLang 31 in August

Nonbinary people who language in Japanese and English, check out this flyer from Yuka Takao! Maybe their study can be a lil distraction from the hellscape? 💜

Hello! We're hoping to get connected with #lavlang -ers here in the good(better?) place so, Lavender Language & Linguistics people new & old give us a follow & share that we're here? 🦩 We've also got a #lavlang31 conference website to share (Manchester 20-22 August): lavlang2025.wordpress.com

Delighted to share that the website and CfP for Lavlang 2025 is now live: lavlang2025.wordpress.com Abstract submissions are invited until 7th March, 2025!

Delighted to share that the programme for the BAAL Language Gender & Sexuality group annual event is now live: baalgensex.wordpress.com Register here: mmu.estore.flywire.com/.../baal-sig.... looking forward to welcoming everyone on May 2nd!