Last Friday I had the special honour of delivering two talks to the Sociolinguistics and Phonetics Laboratories over at the University of Washington. Thank you very much to Alicia Beckford Wassink for inviting me to give these talks, as well as everyone that attended. (1)

CFP REMINDER! Submissions are welcome of original research, by scholars of all backgrounds, broadly related to the study of language, sexuality, queerness & gender, particularly work which addresses the theme of ‘Queer (dis)belonging’. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪻 Deadline is 28/03, 2 months to go! lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

Do you work on language and sexuality, queerness, gender, or something related? If yes, please submit to LavLang! WIP and project launches are welcome along with completed work, and it's for all career stages, check out the CfP here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

Last week, we opened our call for papers for the 32nd Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference (LavLang32). To submit an abstract, please visit our website: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk. Deadline for abstract submission is 28 March 2026. Looking forward to receiving your submissions!

Scotland continues to be the queerest part of the UK, with 4.2% identifying as LGB, followed by England (3.7%), Wales (3.6%) and Northern Ireland (2.4%).

Conference alert! Queer Identities in East & Southeast Asia, 6-7 April 2026, Edinburgh 💜 Abstracts are due by 18 Jan! queeresea.wordpress.com

Sign the petition to allow trans girls and women back into Girl Guiding UK c.org/BzmspcT9HW

I have students from NLP/AI PhD programmes, languages, literatures, visiting students, digital sociology, cognitive science... Sociolinguistics is the future of linguistics, prove me otherwise.

Follow up on our brand new IG page too! www.instagram.com/wearelgas_ba... We will share info there and on all our social media!

It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...

I have just returned to bonnie Glasgow following a truly incredible week @umich.edu for @nwavconference.bsky.social 53. It was wonderful to see such a diverse range of research happening across the Atlantic and beyond, as well as the very moving plenary from some of the most inspirational (1)

LOVE how so far literally all the talks in the lgbtq session of #nwav53 are about nonbinary speakers. having a great time, eating good, personally

LAVLANG! IN! EDINBURGH! 2026! 💜🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪻🦩💬✨

Very excited to be helping organise the hosting of Lavender Languages 32 conference. You can access all information on the website: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk and can read all about this year's conference theme, 'Queer (Dis)Belonging’. We look forward to reading all your abstracts in the new year!

Theme: Queer (dis)belonging CfP: 5 January 2026 Website: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk (to be updated as more info becomes available) PLEASE SHARE WIDELYYYYY 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎉

HI. It's me. WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23. Keynote Speakers • Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University) • Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business) • Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern) • Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece) • Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)

Last week I returned to @lavlang.bsky.social at @manmetuni.bsky.social hosted by the wonderful @nounfraze.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone that I met who are doing such important research across the globe. Now to look forward to @nwavconference.bsky.social at University of Michigan in November!

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...

As a reminder, today is the last day to sign up!!

Absolutely thrilled to have been accepted to #NWAV53 - thank you to the reviewers at @nwavconference.bsky.social - I canny wait for a trip over the pond 🇺🇸 to represent @uofglasgow.bsky.social / @edinburghuni.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 to showcase all my exciting findings from my PhD research!