We're hosting Lavender Languages from 2-4 September 2026. Save the date! Plenaries and a formal announcement to be follow shortly...

Delighted to announce (ugh, can't believe I'm saying that) that Alon Lischinsky and my bibliography of Trans Media Studies is out with Oxford Bibliographies! It's basically the equivalent of a compilation tape - key works, deep cuts and things we like www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

Are you teaching prescriptivism this year? If so, please consider introducing your students to YourWrong.co.uk. It could form part of a seminar activity or prep! I'd also be very happy to provide some corpus examples for a small analysis task. Just get in touch!

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⤵️

New journal article with Paige Johnson and Camila Montiel McCann on 'herstory' and popular postfeminism on Twitter/X. Really proud of this great teamwork: a result of years of interaction and open reflection on our CDS methods. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I am very excited to announce the release of my first article! In this I explore the interaction of gender identity, sexuality, and participation in women's football. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

🆕🚨 New statutory Relationships and Sex Education guidance published today will: - Restrict schools from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender" - Teaches children the laws about "biological sex" - Removes all references to the word transgender What we know so far 🧵

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).

I wish this didn’t feel so accurate so often.

For those of you who don't know, DMU is currently proposing mass redundancies, with nearly 100 academic staff 'at risk', sadly including me. It is absolutely brutal. Please spread the word about this protest rally happening next week in Leicester and come and support us if you're able. #DefendDMU

Our online seminars are back! Join us on Wed 2 July 1-3pm to hear four talks showcasing some of the excellent & innovative work being done by our PGR/ECR community (see thread) Abstracts here: baalgensex.wordpress.com/events/forth... For the Teams link here: forms.gle/nSr2RqaZebqv.... All welcome!

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

And in the meantime, our BAAL is siding with our transgender siblings following the ruling of the Supreme Court here in the UK. Some of us have signed this document, if you want to do it find it here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Three important books for #TransVisibility Day! (yesterday) Linguistics Out of the Closet www.degruyter.com/document/doi... Public Attitudes Towards Gender-Inclusive Language www.degruyter.com/document/doi... The Language of Inclusion and Exclusion in Sports www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

CfP for BAAL in Glasgow this September is now live: baal2025.wordpress.com Deadline 31st March, so that gives all of us (*cough* including me *cough*) time to start actually writing abstracts... Look forward to seeing you there!

We are delighted to announce more information about the BAAL LGaS SIG taking place in Manchester on 2nd May. Registration is now OPEN! Click here to register: mmu.estore.flywire.com/products/baa... Find the programme here: baalgensex.wordpress.com/events/forth...

Ashley Xing and Han Shutong (two of my PhD students) are organizing a timely interdisciplinary conference on 'Queer Identities in Contemporary China' (QICC) on 7th April. Abstracts can be submitted until Feb 15 below. It's free to attend: English: qicc5.wordpress.com Mandarin: shorturl.at/Vt6l8

It was such a privilege to talk to over 800 A-level students and teachers about language, gender and sexuality, a topic that first sparked an interest during my own A-level. Thanks for inviting me and putting on a fantastic day @engmediacentre.bsky.social!

Dr Aimee Bailey talking about language, gender & queer linguistics at emagazine Eng Lang Conference

There didn't seem to be one yet, so I created one. Please share! Reply or DM me if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/QJPicoq

We've just released the schedule for our one-day event on Language, Gender and Sexuality in Sport, and it's looking brilliant! drive.google.com/file/d/1V2oT...

Linguist twit—Bluesky, I’m running a study on LGBT+ English slang knowledge in both LGBT+ and non-LGBT+ US English speakers! It’d be much appreciated if y’all could take it and share 🤠 bit.ly/lgbtslangstudy

Last week to get the early bird rate for the 1-day conference Language, Gender and Sexuality in Sport at De Montfort University on 5th April! We have a fanastic programme planned and will be joined by Verity Smith (rugby player and LGBT+ activist) and Stephanie Schnurr and Kieran File (Warwick)

Evidence that the argument against trans inclusion in sport often has absolutely nothing to do with sport itself, and instead is just another vehicle for transphobia. www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/f...

My article with @aimeebailey.bsky.social is out in The Conversation today, looking at shifting representations of the charity Mermaids and implications for trans, non-binary and gender diverse young people theconversation.com/how-the-tide...

Registration for BAAL LGaS SIG'S 's annual event on Language, Gender and Sexuality in Sport at DMU Leicester is now OPEN! Early bird rates available until 3rd March - book here: store.dmu.ac.uk/product-cata...

Hot off the press! @jaimackenzie.bsky.social and I's article exploring representations of the charity Mermaids in the British press. We find that, between 2015 & 2022, the image of the charity as a useful source of support is supplanted by the image of a dangerous and controversial organisation.

Helsinki best, Kuala Lumpur worst

My second years have been very interested in ‘rizz’ this term so this will be a really useful resource!

⏰ today is abstracts deadline day! ⏰

Proofs day with @aimeebailey.bsky.social! So pleased that our article on representations of (the charity) Mermaids will soon be released into the wild 🥳

We are currently looking for autistic people in the UK aged 16-26 (including people who self-identify!) to take part in our survey 'Understanding the use of social media in the daily lives of autistic people.' Survey link: qmulbusiness.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... More information below:

Just ELEVEN DAYS left to submit your abstracts to the next BAAL Language, Gender and Sexuality Special Interest Group annual event. This will be focused on language, gender and sexuality in sport, and takes place at DMU in Leicester!

* Questionnaires wanted * Looking for examples of online questionnaires to show my Research Methods students, so if you have an active questionnaire (ideally with a language/linguistics focus - any) and second-year English undergrads might fit the bill for participants, please link me!

Really excited to share the call for papers for the British Association of Applied Linguistics’ Language, Gender and Sexuality group’s annual event on the theme of sport, to be hosted at DMU!