<?xml version="1.0"?>
<News hasArchived="false" page="1" pageCount="1" pageSize="10" timestamp="Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:53:18 -0400" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/cahss/posts.xml?tag=lavender-languages">
<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="51717" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/cahss/posts/51717">
<Title>CFP: 23rd Annual Lavender Languages &amp; Linguistics Conference</Title>
<Tagline>Submissions for Sessions under development</Tagline>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content">
    <h5>The Lavender Languages Conference. February 12-14, 2016</h5>
    <div><strong><em>American University, Washington, D.C</em></strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>The <a href="http://www.american.edu/cas/anthropology/lavender-languages/background.cfm" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Lavender Languages Conference</a> is accepting paper submissions for the sessions that will take place on February 12-14, 2016. Lav 23 offers discussions of language and sexuality that draw on current debates in anthropological linguistics, sociolinguistics, sexuality studies, and queer theory to examine diverse voices and experiences.</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>The 2016 Sessions (under development) include:</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><ul>
    <li>
    <span>(Anti)Homophobic Discourse Analysis [</span><span>David J. Peterson]</span>
    </li>
    <li>
    <span>Language and Sexuality Studies in Francophone Cultures [</span><span>Denis Provencher**]</span>
    </li>
    <li>
    <span>Lavender Languages, Queer Ecologies [</span><span>William Leap]</span>
    </li>
    <li>
    <span>Language, Sexuality, and National Belonging [</span><span>Robert Phillips]</span>
    </li>
    <li>
    <span>Porno-Metaphor and Metaphors of Porn [</span><span>Brian Adams-Thies]</span>
    </li>
    </ul></div>
    <div><span>Contact the session organizer to submit a presentation for one of these sessions, (details on Lav 23’s website) </span></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Please note also:</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Interest in a session on QUEERNESS /QUEER CHARACTERS/ QUEER LANGUAGE IN COMICS is emerging. Want to join? Send ideas to <a href="mailto:wlm@american.edu">wlm@american.edu</a> for more details.</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>--</div>
    <div>** Dr. Dennis Provencher is the director of the Intercultural Communication Master Program at UMBC. He is also an LLC affiliate faculty member.</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>For more information, please visit the <span>Lavender Languages Conference</span><span> website</span>
    </div>
    <div> </div>
    </div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>The Lavender Languages Conference. February 12-14, 2016  American University, Washington, D.C     The Lavender Languages Conference is accepting paper submissions for the sessions that will take...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.american.edu/cas/anthropology/lavender-languages/sessions.cfm</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/51717/guest@my.umbc.edu/0adbca5eaef7b710cb11343047987778/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>anthropological</Tag>
<Tag>cfp</Tag>
<Tag>language</Tag>
<Tag>lavender-languages</Tag>
<Tag>linguistics</Tag>
<Tag>queer-theory</Tag>
<Tag>sexuality</Tag>
<Tag>sociolinguistics</Tag>
<Group token="llc">Language, Literacy and Culture Doctoral Program</Group>
<GroupUrl>https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/llc</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xsmall.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/original.jpg?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xxlarge.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xlarge.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/large.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/medium.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/small.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xsmall.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xxsmall.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<PawCount>0</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>true</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Mon, 04 May 2015 09:41:24 -0400</PostedAt>
</NewsItem>

</News>
