IGALA: International Gender & Language Association

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So this psychopath is still calling Imane a man. Even after putting her through hell and having the IOC itself put out a statement about how insane and demented this fucking loser is. Can’t believe this is who y’all were doing “separate the art from the artist” nonsense for.

what she actually said was that republicans love to try to ban queer-inclusive sex ed by calling it pornographic, and they responded by immediately proving her right.

I am so disappointed in gay people working for the BBC in newsrooms and other areas. Why the fuck are you allowing the BBC to talk about trans people in such a disgusting way? Why? You should be flipping tables, refusing to do it, taking strike action. It is unacceptable. I know for a fact trans people would be fighting for YOU if our situations were reversed. Where the fuck is your fight? Speak up. Do something. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #Pride

BREAKING: The deceitful and disgusting @BBCNews HAS issued a directive to newsrooms telling journalists to call every woman who is trans who gets mentioned in a news story as a “biological male” who “identifies” as a woman. Totally dissing who we ARE. Shorthand for ‘this person is not real’. Just two weeks ago, the BBC denied this. Clearly grossly insulting. Directive issued by @rburgessbbc . How dare they. (Memo leaked). Every other minority, the BBC listens to minorities and takes on board what is viewed as offensive language. With trans people - they don’t give a fuck. @GoodLawProject

There Are No Recorded Cases of a Trans Woman Sexually Assaulting a Woman in a UK Public Toilet Turn the so called gender critical narrative on its head and it stops being about trans people at all. It becomes about suspicion. Control. Policing bodies. Public humiliation. Fear of difference. UK crime statistics do not show a pattern of trans women sexually assaulting women in public bathrooms. There is no recognised trend in police data. No government report. No policy dataset. Claims used to justify panic rely on anecdotes, misreported cases, or deliberate misclassification, not evidence. Nothing these campaigns push improves safety. What they actually expand is who gets questioned, challenged, and excluded in public spaces. Tall women. Disabled women. Masculine women. Women who do not perform femininity correctly. Ordinary women going about their lives. Trans people are not the risk factor here. Bigotry is. The danger is not who exists. The danger is encouraging the public to decide who belongs based on appearance and prejudice. That logic never stays contained. It spreads. It escalates. It harms the wrong people. This was never about protecting women. It was about legitimising hostility and calling it concern. Once you see that, the story collapses.

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

Exactly!👇

For the record. This was not unanimous. I was muted on the call and not allowed to speak or voice my opposition to this  move. Also for the record, this was not on the agenda. This was not consensus. This is censorship.

"...who are working to create more equitable and inclusive ways of communicating. I am excited to keep examining how language can reflect, resist, and reshape social norms, and I hope that my research contributes to broader conversations about inclusivity and social change.”

Katie responds: “I was deeply honored to receive this award, and it means a great deal to me that my work on misgendering has been recognized in this way. The prize affirms not only the importance of this research area, but also the collective efforts of those...

IGALA13 Best Student Paper Award Announcement The International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) is thrilled to announce that the #IGALA13 Best Student Paper Award has been conferred to Katie Slemp, PhD candidate at York University!

The link is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! We have 4 executive committee positions to fill – nominate yourself or a colleague before September 30!

Science found quite a while ago that assaulting queer people doesn’t stop us being queer

Are we supposed to feel sorry for a grown ass man with a morbid obsession with 'trans' people? Graham Linehan is a joke. Just like all the other obsessed fools.

Image 1: JK Rowling saying that the police arresting a notoriously abusive misogynist for encouraging violent attacks against trans people is "totalitarianism" Image 2: Just a couple of days later, JK Rowling outraged that the police are not crushing peaceful protesters.

And that person is you, Joanne. It’s trans people who are losing rights; rights you have personally helped strip away by funding the very campaigns against them.

The dynamic and brilliant organising committee takes a bow #IGALA2013

And it’s a wrap! IGALA president Denise Troutman thanks exec committee members, all participants and organisers, reflecting on the importance of resisting a “single story” before handing over to German Canale to formally close #IGALA13

Day #3 of #IGALA13 has seen fantastic presentations, and it’s now time for the third and final plenary: the inimitable Deborah Cameron (@wordspinster) who is presenting via video link