23rdAnnualLavenderLanguagesConference
AmericanUniversityWashingtonDC.
February12-14,2016
TheConferenceAgenda
FridayFebruary12th
9:30 Registrationdeskopens.Coffeeandteaserviceavailablethroughoutthe
day.
Location:ButlerBoardRoom
10:00–12NWorkshop:IntroductiontoCriticalDiscourseAnalysis
Location:ButlerConferenceRoom
Presenter:DavidPeterson(UniversityofNebraska-Omaha)
12N–1:30PMLunchonyourown
1:30–5:00PMAfternoonSessions
Session1.A.(Anti)HomophobicDiscourse
Location:ButlerBoardRoom
Sessionorganizerandchair:DavidPeterson(UniversityofNebraska-atOmaha)
Olson,Scott(UniversityofIowa)scott-a-olson@uiowa.edu
GettingOff:ClinicalLanguage,Voice,andCounterpublicsina1993LeatherBarPoliceRaid
Peterson,DavidJ.(UniversityofNebraskaatOmaha)davidpeterso1@unomaha.edu
TheGrammarofHomophobicSpace-Times:ASystemic-FunctionalLinguisticApproach
VanderStouwe,Chris(BoiseStateUniversity)cvanderstouwe@umail.ucsb.edu
“Notgay,SSA.”:ChallengingandConstructingIdeologicalConstraintsonAgencyinNewSexual
IdentityConstructions
Session1.B.Marking,IndexingandEnregisteringSexuality
Location:ButlerConferenceRoom
Sessionchair:WilliamLeap(American)
Guerrero,Mario(YorkUniversity)mguerrero3@fordham.edu GrindrandtheCommodificationoftheSelf:AToronto,Canadacasestudy
Hadodo,MatthewJohn(UniversityofPittsburgh)MJH145@pitt.edu
Entrecabronesycabritos:ThediminutiveasanindexofpotentialgaystyleinMadridSpanish
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Brown,AaronW.(BloomsburgUniversityofPennsylvania)amb39826@huskies.bloomu.edu
LexicalIssuesandIdentityFormationinRuralCentralPennsylvaniaDragQueens
Barnes,MichaelS.(OldDominionUniversity)mbarn002@odu.edu
TheRegulationofSocialCategoriesThroughDragQueens’Useof‘We’and‘They’
Darden,Matti(UniversityofPittsburgh)matti.darden@gmail.com
Constructionof(Trans)MasculinityThroughPitchandPoliteness
Cuba,Ernesto(TheGraduateCenter,CityUniversityofNewYork)jcuba@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Elhungarito:AnaffectiveandlinguisticresourceoftransgenderwomenandgaymeninPeru
Murray,Katherine(GeorgetownUniversity)kam373@georgetown.edu
"IGrewupKnowingHowtoTalkFemale:"Navigatingtransmasculinegenderidentitiesthrough
communicativechanges
Ertman.,Martha(CareyLawSchool,UniversityofMaryland)mertman@law.umaryland.edu
TheLanguageofLove,Contracts&PlanBIntimacy
SaturdayFebruary13
8:30a.m.Registrationdeskopens.Breakfasttreats,coffeeandteaservice
available.
Location:ButlerBoardRoom
9:00–12:30N
MorningSessions
Session2.A.Language,SexualityandNationalBelonging
Location:ButlerBoardRoom
Session organizers: Robert Phillips (Ball State University) and Eric Russell (University of
California,Davis)
Sessionchair:RobertPhillips
Gee,Seran(UniversityofToronto)solidarigee@gmail.com
ConstraintsonQueerness:HIVnondisclosurecriminalizationandexclusionfromgaysexualspace
Karimi,Aryan(UniversityofAlberta)akarimi1@ualberta.ca
Hamjensgara:Iraniangays’terminologiesinrelationtolocalandglobalsexualdiscourses
Mayernick,Jason(UniversityofMaryland)jmayerni@umd.edu
GayTeachersAssociationofNewYorkCityandtheBoundariesofAmerican
Milani,Tommaso(UniversityoftheWitwatersrand)Tommaso.Milani@wits.ac.za
BanalHomonationalism:TelAvivPrideanditsdiscontents
LeWitt,Rachel(LafayetteCollege)rlewitt@gmail.com
“Bolehgay:Theeffectof‘SarawakforSarawakians’onlinguisticprestigeinSarawak’squeerspeech
communities”
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Phillips,Robert(BallStateUniversity)rfphillips@bsu.edu
GayJews,ReligiousSociety,andtheLanguageof“Othering”inIsraeliMedia
Russell,Eric(UniversityofCalifornia,Davis)erussell@ucdavis.edu
Nonsiamoomofobi–omosessualinoncisono!Destructinggay,constructingnature:thelanguageof
leSentinelleinPiedi
Sessions2Language,Sexuality,LearningandTeaching
Location:ButlerConferenceRoom
Session2.B.(1)Gender,Sexuality&LanguageLearning
Sessionorganizerandchair:KrisKnisley(UniversityofSouthDakota)
Green,Eric(UniversityofCaliforniaSantaCruz)errgreen@ucsc.edu
TheExperienceofGayMenBeingSocializedIntoGayCommunities
Kenneman,Margaret(UniversityofTennessee-Knoxville)mkeneman@utk.edu
ThePriceofAccuracy:OveremphasizingGenderWhenTeachingFrenchGrammarintheFLClassroom
Knisely,Kris(UniversityofSouthDakota)krisknisely@gmail.com
LanguageLearnerIdentity:FramingAppliedLinguisticsResearchwithFrenchCulturalStudies
Session2.B.(2) Language,Sexuality,Pedagogy
Sessionorganizers:K.AaronSmithandDavidGiovagnoli(IllinoisStateUniversity)
Sessionchair:K.AaronSmith
Smith,K.Aaron(IllinoisStateUniversity)kasmit3@ilstu.edu
CourseDevelopmentinGayMen’sEnglish:TraditionsandAdditions
Giovagnoli,David(IllinoisStateUniversity)dgiovagnoli@ilstu.edu
YouStillHavetoAssignGrades:AQueerAssessmentFrameworkforGayMen’sEnglish
Mann,StephenL.(UniversityofWisconsinatLaCrosse)smann@uwlax.edu
Locatingthe“Q”inInclusiveExcellence:Non-normativegenderandsexualityinundergraduate
catalogsandgeneraleducationcurricula
12:30–1:30PM Luncheonon-site.Luncheonticketsareincludedinthe
conferenceregistrationfee.
1:30–3:30PMAfternoonSessions
Session3.A.
LanguageandSexualityinFrenchandFrancophoneCultures
Location:ButlerBoardRoom
Sessionorganizerandchair:DenisProvencher(UniversityofMaryland–BaltimoreCounty)
Deml,Michael(UniversitédeGenève)michaeljdeml@gmail.com
‘‘Laseulearmequipeutvaincrelesida,c’estlarecherche’’:TheLackofSocialAgencyinaFrench
HIV/AIDSActivismCampaign
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Prade,Fleur(CentralOregonCommunityCollege)fprade@cocc.edu
NoLonger“leDeuxièmeSexe”:Theriseofwomeninpositionsofpower,aproblemoflinguistic
identityforFrench?
Saleem,Saiful(TheGraduateCenter,CityUniversityofNewYork)ssaleem@gradcenter.cuny.eduThe
FrontNational’s“Islam”:AStudyoftheDiscursiveConstructionof“Islamicized”Homophobiaand
MisogynyinFrance
Provencher,Denis(UniversityofMarylandBaltimoreCounty)provench@umbc.edu
“Ikepttheveilbecauseit’sahotaccessory”:FlexibleLanguageandTransculturalismintheQueer
MaghrebiFrenchDiaspora
Session3.B.Traduccionesyepistemescuir:trayectosydesviosdesde
AméricaLatina/Cuirtranslationandepistemes:trajectoriesanddetoursfrom
LatinAmerica
Location:ButlerConferenceRoom
Sessionorganizerandchair:MariaAmeliaViteri,(UniversidadSanFranciscodeQuito)
Arguedas, Gabriela (University of Costa Rica) gaby.arguedas@yahoo.com and Monserrath Sagot,
(University of Costa Rica) msagotr@gmail.com
QueeringtheconceptsofrightsandjusticefromaCentralAmericanperspective
Viteri,MariaAmelia(UniversidadSanFranciscodeQuito)mviteri@usfq.edu.ec
Colonialformationsandcontemporaryheteronormativity
Pierce,JosephPierce(SUNY-StonyBrook)joseph.m.pierce@gmail.com
FromLabellaOterotoHijadePerra:ACenturyofLatinAmericanqueerself-narratives
Vidal-Ortiz,Salvador(AmericanUniversity)vidalort@american.eduandJulianaMartínez(American
University)jmartinez@american.edu
Sarmiento’smake-over:HowtheBachilleratoPopularTransMochaCelisistransformingArgentinian
education
3:30–3:45PM Break
3:45–5:00PM
ConferencePlenarySession
Welcomingremarks,IntroductionsandAnnouncements
FeaturedPanel:LetiGómez&SalvadorVidal-OrtizdiscussQueerBrown
Voicesthenewlypublishedcollectionofessays(Quesada,GómezandVidal-Ortiz,eds.,
UniversityofTexasPress,2015)documentingexperiencesoffourteenLGBTLatina/o
activistsacrosstheUnitedStatesandinPuertoRico,andofferinganewperspectiveon
thehistoryofLGBTmobilizationandactivism.
YourSaturdayeveningisentirelyopen,allowingyoutoenjoyWashingtonDC’slegendary
lavenderhospitalityonyourown.
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SundayFebruary14
8:30a.m.Registrationdeskopens.Breakfasttreats,coffeeandteaservice
available.
Location:ButlerBoardRoom
9:00-12:30N
MorningSessions
Session4.A.
Porno-MetaphorsandMetaphorsofPorn
Location:ButlerBoardRoom
Sessionorganizerandchair:BrianAdams-Thies(Phoenix,AZ)
Chen,Sophia(NYU)sc3836@nyu.edu
PornPiracy:RecontextualizingtheProfessionalasAmateur
Kramer,Elsie(UofIllinois,Urbana)eakramer@illinois.edu
IsFemaletoMaleasOmegaistoAlpha?:MetaphorsofSexandGenderinOmegaverseFanFiction
Itakura,Kyohei(UCDavis)kitakura@ucdavis.edu
OrgasmfromMistranslation?:TheConsumptionofJapaneseGayVideoPornAmongEnglishLanguage
Speakers
Sadzinski,Sylvia(JohannesKeplerUniversity(Austria)sylvia.sadzinski@jku.at
PostPorn:QueeringBodies,SexualitiesandSpaces?
Melgar,Jonathan–(TheGraduateCenter-CUNY)jonathan.e.melgar@gmail.com
AnalPornographicImagesinHeterosexualSpaces:TowardsaQueerReadingofCentralAmerican
ShortStories
Chambers,Eric(CityUniversityofNewYork)ericnchambers@gmail.com
JocksandCoaches:ALinguisticAnalysisofTalkonaMaleEroticHypnosisBoard
Holton,Angela–(Syracuse)amholton@syr.edu
Don’tFast-Forward:AGoffmanianAnalysisofthePre-CoitalDiscourseinMainstreamandFeminist
Pornography
Session4.B.ResearchPractices
Location: Butler Conference Room
Session chair: Adrienne Pine (American University)
Fejes,Fred(FloridaAtlanticUniversity)fejes@fau.edu
GenerationalIdentityandtheLGBTQCommunity:AnOralHistoryApproach
Murphy,Michael(Independentscholar)MikeMurphyDC@comcast.net
ArchivalSourcesofInsightintoGayLifeandLanguageintheUSDuringtheCenturybeforeStonewall
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Murphy,Drew(LimerickInstituteofTechnology)Drew.Murphy@lit.ieandLisaO’RourkeScott
(LimerickInstituteofTechnology)Lisa.Scott@lit.ie
NegotiatingDoubleTrouble:ACriticalDiscursiveAnalysisofIdentityFormationAmongstGayandBiSexualMeninIreland
Redmond,Ryan(UniversityofCaliforniaDavis)rcredmond@ucdavis.edu
SexuallyQueer,SociallyStraight:AnalyzingtheEnregistermentofMasculinityinJapanesePopular
Texts
Glaunert,Johnny(UniversityofWisconsinLaCrosse)glaunert.john@uwlax.edu
ExposingtheOppressorWithin:HeteronormativelanguageattitudesamonggaymeninBuenosAires
Darr,BrandonRay(UniversityofTennessee–Knoxville)bdarr@vols.utk.edu
DoTheyUse'They'?:Gender-NeutralPronounUsageinQueerandNon-QueerPopulations
Opendiscussion:Planninglavenderlanguageresearchprojects,choosingresearchmethods,resolving
frustrationswithresearchdesign
12:30N–1:45p.m.
Lunchonyourown.Alistofluncheon-siteoptionsis
includedinyourregistrationpacket.
1:45–4:30p.m.Session5Language,Sexuality,Affect
Location:ButlerBoardRoom
Sessionorganizerandchair:WilliamLeap
Introducingthepanel
Kalinay,Justin(SimmonsCollege)kalinay@simmons.edu
PhoenixFire,LightningBolts,andMnemonicProdigies:Amutationalarchiveoftrauma
Olivera,Guillermo(UniversityofSterling)guillermo.olivera@stir.ac.uk
QueerAdolescenceinArgentinefilm:Heterotopias,spaceandthelogicsofthebeside
Leap,William(AmericanUniversity)wlm@american.edu
QueerRefusal
Ali,Tyrone(UniversityoftheWestIndies)Tyrone.Ali@sta.uwi.edu
WhenFictionBecomesRealLife:Language,Affect,Transgender
Lane,Nikki(AmericanUniversity)cl5067a@student.american.edu
FeelingatHome:BlackQueerWomen'sNarrativesandGeographiesofIntimacy
Lecker,MichaelJ.(GeorgeMasonUniversity)mlecker@gmu.edu
AffectiveDrag:Queernessbeyondshame
Ford,JillianCarter(KennesawStateUniversity)jford43@kennesaw.edu
“Verysimple.Idon’tlie.”:TheroleofhonestyinBlacklesbianteachers’experiencesintheUS
southeast
Cooper,Audrey(GallaudetUniversity)cooper@american.edu
“Idon'tmeantobeadickbut…“:Categorization,ParalipsisandGettingAwayWithSexual
ObjectificationintheClassroom
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4:30p.m.LavLgs23adjourns.Seeyounextyear…..
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LucyJones,Conferenceorganizer
Detailstoappearatwww.nottingham.ac.uk/go/lavlang24
ANDwww.american.edu/lavender-languages