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BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Kat Gupta @mixosaurus.bsky.social · 14d

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...

www.oxfordbibliographies.com

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Aimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks so much, Joshua (and yes definitely to a study of Scarleteen)!

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Emma Humphries (she/her) @emhumps.bsky.social · 21d

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!

Your Wrong

YourWrong.co.uk

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BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · Sep 3

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⤵️

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Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · Aug 13

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....

Revisiting herstory: from trailblazers and herstory makers to the pitfalls of popular post-feminism

We live in a moment where feminism is “done” everywhere we turn—be it online or offline, on billboards or on television, in music or in the press. In this moment, however, we are also experiencing ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Salina Cuddy @salinacuddy.bsky.social · Jul 25

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...

For the love of Sporty Spice: the interaction of gender, sexuality, and sport in /s/ production

While research into the interaction of language and sexuality is becoming increasingly widespread, there is still little sociophonetic sexuality work that considers female speakers and much of the pre...

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Aimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social · Jul 25

Congratulations Salina! 🎉 Can’t wait to read it!

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Jul 15

🆕🚨 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 🧵

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BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · Jul 4

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).

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · Jun 22

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

Mary Oliver
Of The Empire
We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

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Aimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social · Jun 18

This article gives a good summary of what we're going through right now:

www.leicester.news/i-work-at-dm...

I work at DMU – the job cuts are a betrayal of everything we stand for

DMU has vast sums of money in its cash reserves… Sadly, this money is being stripped away to fund vanity projects outside of Leicester.

www.leicester.news

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Aimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social · Jun 18

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

The UCU branch at De Montfort University Leicester @ucudmu.bsky.social · Jun 18

Engagement from our students is deeply encouraging: we are fighting these cuts because staff working conditions are student learning conditions. #DefendDMU

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BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · Jun 9

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!

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Dr Chris Noone @chris-noone.bsky.social · May 10

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...

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BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · Apr 30

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...

Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia

We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...

docs.google.com

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Aimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social · Apr 30

Congratulations @bethmalory.bsky.social 🎉

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De Gruyter Brill Linguistics @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social · Apr 1

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...

Cover of Linguistics Out of the Closet: The Interdisciplinarity of Gender and Sexuality in Language Science, edited by Tyler Everett Kibbey

Cover of Public Attitudes Towards Gender-Inclusive Language: A Multilingual Perspective, edited by Falco Pfalzgraf

Cover of The Language and Inclusion and Exclusion in Sports, edited by Stephanie Schnurr and Kieran File

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Louis Strange @louisstrange.bsky.social · Feb 6

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!

BAAL 2025

British Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference 2025 at the University of Glasgow

baal2025.wordpress.com

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BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG @lgas-baal.bsky.social · Jan 28

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...

Baal Sig 2025 - Products - Manchester Metropolitan University

Shop for Baal Sig 2025 at https://mmu.estore.flywire.com. <div class="redactor-editor"><p><strong>Marking milestones in Language, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Easter 2025, Manchester Metropolitan Uni...

mmu.estore.flywire.com

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · Jan 21

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

QICC

Conference on Queer Identities in Contemporary China

qicc5.wordpress.com

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Aimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social · Nov 20

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!

English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · Nov 20

Here we go! The start of emagazine A Level Language Conference.

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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · Nov 20

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

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · Nov 15

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

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