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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Members of this list may be interested in this new Facebook group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/queerlinguistics/">Queer Linguist(ic)s Network</a>. Pasted below is the description, providing information on intended membership and purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Intended membership<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>- queer* people who are linguists<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>- (any) people who study/research queer linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>*queer here encompassing all non-normative/marginalised gender, romantic and sexual identities and intersex<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Purpose<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>- supporting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>- advising<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>- sharing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>- networking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>- possibly other stuff as it develops...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Posts might include discussion of queer linguistic research and knowledge, as well as issues, specific or general, relating to being queer in the field of linguistics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>The group should have a very different place, value and feel to more formal networks and mailing lists (and has no intention to compete with these), serving as more of an informal space for sharing, open discussion and support (and not as a mailbox clogger!).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>The group is still young - it might be too niche, but let's give it a go and see if it works!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Andy Law (they/them/their)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Incipient PhD Candidate, Queen Mary, University of London<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>07965 354 610 | <a href="mailto:andylaw3107@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>andylaw3107@gmail.com</span></a> | <a href="http://andylaw.co/"><span style='color:blue'>andylaw.co</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>