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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"I conclude that translation is the condition of possibility of a transnational feminism and an effective solidarity against the anti-gender ideology movement." (Butler 2024) Bye-bye Bonn, next stop: Heidelberg, March 2027!

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We were thrilled to host Erez Levon from @unibe.ch as a guest. Erez gave an inspiring talk titled Marginalising language, building consensus: The precarious trajectories of 'gender in Europe. Thank you for a timely, thought-provoking and theory-rich contribution, Erez!

Erez Levon next to the whiteboard showing his slides, showing the cover of Butler's who's afraid of gender? as well as a quote from the book that relates to the Anglophone nature of the term gender

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Things are looking great at the network @queerlinguistik.bsky.social: we just held our third project meeting, this time hosted by @unibonn.bsky.social. Three days spent discussing queer linguistics, working on projects and publications, and planning LavLang 33, to take place next year in Hamburg!

The view over Bonn. Buildings, a mountain range and blue skies with white clouds

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Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Goood morning aus Bonn, hier beginnt gleich das dritte Treffen des DFG-Netzwerks @queerlinguistik.bsky.social!

Blick auf das verregnete Bonn in der russischen hour, in der Scheibe spiegelt sich die Regenbogenfarbene led- deko meines frühstückraums

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GLAD! Revue sur le langage, le genre, les sexualités @revue-glad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

📫 Appel à proposition permanent 👀 Glad! accepte les dossiers thématiques, les articles scientifiques, mais aussi les explorations, les créations, les articles de traductologie, les notes de lecture ainsi que les compte-rendus de thèse ! les infos : journals.openedition.org/glad/81

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Appel permanent

GLAD! Revue sur le langage, le genre, les sexualités est une revue consacrée aux travaux scientifiques, artistiques et politiques articulant recherches sur le genre et les sexualités et recherches ...

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Lavender Languages and Linguistics 33: We are beyond excited to announce that we will host #LavLang33 from September 8-10, 2027, in beautiful Hamburg (Germany). Stay tuned for keynote speakers and call for papers! @lavlang.bsky.social

view from "Philosophenturm", a high-rise campus building at Hamburg University. In front of the building, greenery and other campus buildings. In the background, the TV tower, downtown Hamburg. At the horizon, the Hamburg docks.
On the right side, you can see part of the "Philosophenturm" building, a 1950s/60s high-rise with yellow and grey bricks.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

In other news, we sent out #LavLang32 acceptance emails today 🎉🎉🎉 We were able to accept 105 papers (!!!) which, I believe, could make this the largest LavLang conference since the series started. Very excited to welcome everyone to Edinburgh in September 2026 🏳️‍🌈🌈 Info: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

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LavLang32 - Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32

2-4 September 2026: Queer (dis)belonging

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IGALA 14 @igala14.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

📢 IGALA 14 is coming to York St John University, UK | 21–23 July 2027! Theme: 'Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Times of Political Challenge' Follow for updates on keynote speakers, call for papers & more. Save the date! 📅 #IGALA14 #GenderAndLanguage #Linguistics #Conference2027

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Ein Mitglied aus unserem Netzwerk sucht aktuell Teilnehmende für ein Hörexperiment. Teilt eure Perspektive und Expertise! www.soscisurvey.de/perzeption-s... Bei Rückfragen: leah.nieber@staff.uni-marburg.de :)

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Gewinne einen von 7 Gutscheinen auf wunschgutschein.de im Wert von 50€

KURZE AUDIOS HÖREN UND BEWERTEN

Online Fragebogen ca. 20 Minuten

Kontakt: leah.nieber@uni-marburg.de

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Sehr gute Aussichten beim Arbeitstreffen unseres Netzwerks an der @viadrina.eu! Unsere Mitglieder stellen heute Projekte zu sprachlichen Referenzen auf queere Menschen vor: Labels der Selbstbeschreibung wie 'dyke', die Semantik von FLINTA*, mock pronouns, Gender in literarischen Texten und mehr 💡

Glasdach in der Mensa der Viadrina, blauer Himmel, Lichtstrahlen, bunte Wandkacheln

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De Gruyter Brill Linguistics @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

💪 Congratulations to @burscott.bsky.social and Francesca Vigo on the publication of their impressive collection! 👉 Details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111351568/html#overview @montreallx.bsky.social @kleonichka.bsky.social @helensauntson.bsky.social @robvoigt.bsky.social

Book cover of the collection entitled 'Battlefield Linguistics: Queer, Trans, and Feminist Interventions in Linguistics and Discursive Change', edited by Scott Burnett and Francesca Vigo.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Our members @theresaheyd.bsky.social and @vzie.bsky.social are organizing an interdisciplinary conference with Miriam Neuhausen (Heidelberg)—with amazing keynote speakers! Conference theme is "ethics of queer in/visibility," CfP is open, deadline March 31!

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De Gruyter Brill Linguistics @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

💡Learn about the use of gender-inclusive language across 14 European languages in this new book edited by Falco Pfalzgraf: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111701608/html#overview @lhekanaho.bsky.social @sofialampro.bsky.social @genderedform.bsky.social @michael-hornsby.bsky.social

Book cover of the collection entitled "Gender-inclusive language: Findings from 14 languages and open research questions", edited by Falco Pfalzgraf.

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Lars Sörries-Vorberger @lasovo.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Aktuell führe ich eine Umfrage zu Kurzwörtern wie LGBT+, LSBTI* usw. durch. Nehmt gerne teil und leitet sie gerne weiter: umfragen.uni-hamburg.de/index.php/34...

umfragen.uni-hamburg.de

Kurzwörter

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The issue includes a study by Carolin Müller Spitzer and network member Samira Ochs on language and gender in the German Bundestag. The authors trace usage of adjectival forms such as 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘸𝘶𝘭, 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩 and 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 both through frequency data and through critical discourse analysis.

The President of the German Bundestag, Philipp Jenninger, then rejected the inclusion of the Kleine Anfrage because of its wording. He argued that the entire House would not accept the terms Schwule and Lesben. He would only include it in the agenda if Homosexuelle und Les-bierinnen9 (‘homosexuals and lesbians’) were used.

bar chart of realtive frequencies over legislatures. Homosexuell most frequent, schwul and lesbisch later items, queer rare and recent

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Hot off the press: a guest issue of The Mouth Journal, co-edited by network member @miriam-z.bsky.social, on Producing, Evaluating, and Perpetuating Gender Difference through Language Practice.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The call for papers for Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32 (Edinburgh) is now open! Deadline: 28 March 2026.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The deadline for submitting an abstract has been extended to January 9th, 2026! :)

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

It was a pleasure to have you, Lindsay—and we can only second Martin Stegu's call to action!

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

#CfP The conference "identity construction and English(es) from the margins" (Univ de Lorraine/Metz) explores intersections of language, identity work, and marginalization, including (but not limited to) queer and trans perspectives. The call closes on Dec 19: engmargins.sciencesconf.org

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Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins - Sciencesconf.org

Appel à communications

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

We ended with a talk on discourse about burrnesha, a trans identity indigenous to Albanian society (Binaj) and a diachronic corpus perspective on the word 'queer' in the German context (Feldmüller et al.). Thank you to everyone who participated in this workshop—it was a pleasure to meet you all!

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The afternoon started with applied linguistics, including a talk on the use of singular they by EFL learners in Hungary (Kiss), research on queer-inclusive pedagogy among K-12 language teachers the United States (Preseau), and a programmatic call for a (more) applied queer linguistics (Stegu).

Program Saturday Dec 6 room 6

Applied linguistics

14:30 – 15:00 Nikolett Kiss: Singular they usage among Hungarian university students

15:00 – 15:30 Lindsay Preseau: Reveling in tolerance: Queer language pedagogy under legislative constraint

15:30 – 16:00 Martin Stegu: On the way to Applied Queer Linguistics?

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

Queer identities in media discourse

16:30 – 17:00 Delina Binaj: Negotiating gender identity of trans people indigenous to Albanian society in the media discourse: the case of “sworn virgins”

17:00 – 17:30 Tim Feldmüller, Samira Ochs & Jan Oliver Rüdiger: Queer in context: Corpus-linguistic perspectives on a contested term in queer and mainstream media

17:30 Discussion/Wrap-up

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Nandi presented research on queer interventions in indexing gender in Hindi, and Asadi Pour discussed the lived experience of language of people with different gender identities.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Day 2 began with a session on online discourse, ranging from trans identities on reddit (Ternisien), the queering of a Tolkien conlang in fandom discourse (Comandini), and queer narratives about intimate relationships with LLMs (Woodworth et al.).

Program Saturday Dec 6 room 6
Online discourse

9:00 – 9:30 Camille Ternisien: The linguistic construction of non-binary and trans identities on Reddit

9:30 – 10:00 Gloria Comandini: The queering of Arda. Expressing queer gender identities through Quenya in Tolkien-inspired English fanfictions

10:00 – 10:30 Johanathan Woodworth, Phillip Joy & Andrea Fraser:
Breaking up with an AI boyfriend: Queer linguistic constructions of intimacy and rupture in Reddit narratives

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

Language variation

11:00 – 11:30 Enakshi Nandi: Queer interventions in indexing gender in Hindi

11:30 – 12:00 Fatemeh Asadi Pour: Perceived effects of gender-related language variation in German spoken language on the lived experience of language with regard to gender identity

12:00 –14:30 Keynote (B. Busch, room 1) & Lunch

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

We started off with a session on grammatical aspects of non-binarity, discussing pronouns, morphology, and morphosyntax—including a talk by our member Samira Ochs (IDS Mannheim) on the derivative suffix {*in}!

Program
Morphosyntax Vroni & Mx
15.00 - 15.30 Jochen Matthies Bridging gender-inclusivity and normative grammar: The emergence of new personal reference strategies in non-binary Wikipedia biographies

15.30 - 16.00 Samira Ochs The grammar of non-binarity: Corpus evidence of the integration of new gender suffixes in German

17.00 - 17.30 Aliyah Manzke & Charlie Sarbach Gender-neutral pronouns in the German language. A survey-study for German-speaking non-binary people

18.00 - 19.00 Keynote (G. Fenk-Ozclon)

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Netzwerk Queerlinguistik on tour: Our members Oliver Bunk @lvrbk.bsky.social and Vroni Zieglmeier @vzie.bsky.social are co-hosting (with Nicholas Catasso & Mx Gaul) a workshop on queer linguistics at the Austrian Linguistics Conference #ÖLT2025 in Klagenfurt!

university campus klagenfurt.
sign in german, slovenian, and austrian sign language

welcome slide
queer linguistics at the interface between grammatical and social structure
ÖLT 2025 Klagenfurt, Austria
05-12-2025 – 08-12-2025

Oliver Bunk, Nicholas Catasso, Mx Gaul, Vroni Zieglmeier

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

*️⃣ in the open comment section, users produce intense metadiscourse about why they do (not) use pronoun specification, including non-usage because of insecuities, but also rejection in the context of anti-feminist and anti-queer stances.

With Tolerance11Ich persönlich tue es nicht, habe aber auch kein Problem damit wenn andere sich dafür entscheiden es zu tun.I personally don’t do it, but I also have no problem if others decide to do it.Justification: Fear10zu viel Angst vor Diskrimminierung durch LehrendeToo much fear of discrimination by lecturersJustification: Indecision/No Decision8Ich bin unentschlossen was meine präferierten Pronomen sind.I'm undecided what my preferred pronouns are.Justification: No Preferences7Ich habe keine präferierten Pronomina.I don’t have any preferred pronouns.Justification: Superiors4weil meine Vorgesetzte das stört, sonst würde ich es gerne machenbecause my superior doesn’t like it, otherwise I would like to do i

Without Justification68Auf keinen Fall!!!!!!!!!!No way!!!!!!!!!!Justification: Unnecessity32Halte ich für überflüssig.I think that’s superfluous.Linguistic-Communicative Justification19Das ist Blödsinn und behindert die Kommunikation und den LeseflussThis is nonsense and hinders communication and the flow of readingJustification: Gender Emphasis14Das ist eher geschlechtsverstärkend.This is rather gender reinforcing.Justification: Encroachment14Ich finde das albern und übergriffigI find that silly and encroachingJustification: Biological Gender Binary12Das ist für mich der größte Quatsch. [...] Es gibt zwei Geschlechter: Mann und Frau.That's the biggest nonsense for me. [...] There are two sexes: man and woman.Political Justification7Ich halte die Identitätspolitik in teilen als gefährliche Ideologie. Ich werde ihre Symboliken nicht weitertragen.I regard identity p

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Some findings: *️⃣ only a small number of participants (12%) use pronoun specifications *️⃣ in absolute numbers, users identifying as female have pronoun specifications most frequently, but in relative numbers, users who identify beyond the gender binary are the most important group of pronoun sharers

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Hot off the press: Sörries-Vorberger (2025) on pronoun specifications in German email signatures, reporting on survey data from students and staff at the University of Hamburg.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Today: Our member Hanna Bruns (Bonn) is giving an online talk, hosted by the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations (QMUL). Hanna will present recent work on language attitudes towards gender-inclusive language in German. Attendance is free, no registration required. More infos: gfds.org.uk

Das Thema der geschlechterinklusiven Sprache beschäftigt Deutschland (und die Welt) schon seit Langem und hat besonders im letzten Jahrzehnt erneut Aufmerksamkeit erhalten. Im Fokus der öffentlichen Debatte stehen dabei oft die Gründe, die für oder gegen das sogenannte ‚Gendern‘ vorgebracht werden: Gendern sei wichtig für die sprachliche Gleichbehandlung, aber auch ungrammatisch, kompliziert und nervig. Die Geister scheiden sich also nicht nur in Bezug auf die Einstellungen zur geschlechterinklusiven Sprache, sondern auch bezüglich der zugrunde liegenden Argumente, mit denen jeweils für die eine oder andere Position plädiert wird. Basierend auf aktuellen Umfragedaten widmet sich dieser Vortrag den Einstellungen zur geschlechtergerechten Sprache und untersucht, wie diese argumentativ untermauert und kommuniziert werden. Eine thematische Analyse zeigt dabei, dass die Nutzung geschlechterinklusiver Sprache für viele Menschen eine Abwägung zwischen den Idealen der Inklusivität und der Frage nach Praktikabilität darstellt.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

question, recalibrate, and subvert hegemonic narratives about sex, gender, and bodies. On today's #TDoR, let us honor those who passed, and celebrate the practices of solidarity, empowerment and liberation in the #TransCommunity.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

highlighting how the youth cooperate in creating a normalizing and affirming discursive environment, in which trans-exclusion and ignorance are positioned as the "other" to a trans-inclusive "normal". Both papers show how trans individuals and communities use language to...

Abstract

In this article, I present two moments of interaction emerging from a focus group between young people who are members of a community of practice: a support group for transgender youth and their parents. Using discourse analysis, I demonstrate how the young people work collaboratively to construct a mutual identity, which foregrounds their shared experience of transgender issues and minimises differences between them. I argue that they do this to actively challenge and resist the discrimination they experience due to transphobia and ignorance, which includes attempts to ‘other’ them. I show how the young people ascribe themselves agency by subverting the heteronormative ideologies which inform this othering, thus constructing an active, resistant and validated mutual identity rather than a victimised, submissive or othered one. This identity work tells us much about the hugely important role played by support groups in helping young people to construct a positive persona in the face of transphobic discrimination.

KEYWORDS: COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; TRANSGENDER; YOUTH; IDENTITY; TRANSPHOBIA

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

solidarity and mutual identity construction in a support group of transgender youth and their parents. In a meticulous analysis of two interactions in the group, Jones shows how the participants discuss instances of ignorant questions or comments by cisgender people (mostly adults)...

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

calls attention to power dynamics through practices of linguistic innovation, re-signification, inversion, and juxtaposition (25), working towards the goal of liberation for all people.

Journal of Sociolinguistics WILEY
DIALOGUE: COMMENTARY
Theorizing trans language activism for euphoric transmutation and our collective liberation*
Tulio Bermudez Mejía1 Anyel Marquinez Montaño2
1 Linguistics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
2 Economics, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

Correspondence
Tulio Bermúdez Mejía, linguistics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA. Email: tulipanati@gmail.com

*Response piece for the Dialogue Section on Trans Language Activism

KEYWORDS
Trans Language Activism, Euphoric Transmutation

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

paper to the dialogue section on Trans Language Activism in @jslx.bsky.social (#OpenAccess) introduce "euphoric transmutation", a form of language play emerging in safe(r) spaces. It consists of "survivorship testimonies, ritual language, language play, and counterhegemonic narratives" (26) and...

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

but today, we want to recommend two papers which use linguistic methods and findings to describe and theorize trans empowerment and solidarity in a societal climate of growing transphobia. First, Tulio Bermudez Mejía and Anyel Marquinez Montaño's 2024 response... doi.org/10.1111/josl...

doi.org

Theorizing trans language activism for euphoric transmutation and our collective liberation*

Click on the article title to read more.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Today marks #TransDayOfRemembrance - a day dedicated to the memory of those who passed this year in the trans community, especially those targeted by violence and discrimination. Queer and trans linguistic research can shed light onto discursive practices often at the basis of anti-trans violence...

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Conference alert: Falco Pfalzgraf @qmul.bsky.social is organizing an online conference on the resistance to gender-inclusive language. The program looks amazing, including a talk by our member Samira Ochs with Aline Siegenthaler. Register until March 23! www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...

qmul.ac.uk

Backlash Conference - Gender inclusive language

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Lucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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-...

Hardback book with a green cover and pink, stencilled writing, reading LANGUAGE AND LGBTQ+ YOUTH: ANALYSING MARGINALISED IDENTITIES THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL LENS by Lucy Jones. The cover picture is an abstract image with shapes in various rainbow-like colours.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sog. generische Maskulina häufig gerade nicht generisch, sondern mit einem male bias interpretiert werden, das durch gender-inklusive Formen in einigen Fällen abgemildert oder beseitigt werden kann.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Die Arbeit schafft eine empirische Grundlage für die Debatte über genderinklusiven Sprachgebrauch im Spanischen: Mittels psycholinguistischer Experimente untersucht sie, wie sog. generische Maskulina und alternative Sprachformen – darunter auch nichtbinäre Formen – interpretiert werden.

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Netzwerk Queerlinguistik @queerlinguistik.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Forschung aus dem Netzwerk Queerlinguistik: in dieser Reihe stellen wir Publikationen unserer Mitglieder vor, heute von @miriam-z.bsky.social! Zapf (2024). Gender, Sprache, Kognition. Eine linguistische Untersuchung zu gender-inklusivem Sprachgebrauch im Spanischen. Metzler.

Buchtitel in hellblau und königsblau, mit weißer Schrift, angaben wie im Post.

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