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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear IGALA members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I would like to draw your attention to the following announcement:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The <b>21<sup>st</sup> Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference
</b>will take place at American University, Washington DC from February 14-16, 2014. This annual conference series is dedicated to research in the broad area of language and sexuality. Sessions currently under development include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">(Anti)Homophobic Discourse Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Erotic/Porn Socialities<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Language, Sexuality & Hip Hop Culture<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Intersexions: Language & Identity Nexuses<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Language as a Means of Control: Monitoring Salvadoran LGBT Immigrants<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Queering Heterosexuality and Challenging Normativities<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Presentations in one of these sessions, or on any topic related to LGBTQ linguistics, are welcome. Please submit abstracts to the program committee c/o
<a href="mailto:provench@umbc.edu">provench@umbc.edu</a> before November 11, 2014. See submission details on the conference website:
<a href="http://www.american.edu/cas/anthropology/lavender-languages">www.american.edu/cas/anthropology/lavender-languages</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lucy Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">Dr Lucy Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">Lecturer in Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">University of Hull<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">Hull<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">HU6 7RX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">t/ 01482 465865<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">e/ <a href="mailto:lucy.jones@hull.ac.uk">
lucy.jones@hull.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas">w/ <a href="http://queerlinglang.wordpress.com/">
http://queerlinglang.wordpress.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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