TEDxUofSC
I was selected to be one of the 2020 speakers for TEDxUofSC. In my talk, I shared a linguistic perspective to help the audience embrace language evolution concerning gender and identity.
In March 2021, the talk was selected to be featured on the TED website, and it currently has over 1.4 million views!
In the News
Tre’vell Anderson from Xtra* talked to me about language and nonbinary people: What does it really mean to be non-binary?
The UofSC Institute of Southern Studies Podcast, Take on the South, interviewed me about my research with transgender Southerners!
UofSC’s Hear Me Out Podcast interviewed me about my life as a grad student, my TEDx talk, and linguistics!
In Linguistics
In May 2021, the LSA Executive Committee adopted the LSA Statement Against Linguistic Misgendering written by COZIL (which I helped organize and draft) that "provides a statement of LSA values which recognizes the role of language in creating a welcoming environment for students and practitioners of linguistics, and recognizes the harms that result when linguists or community members reject this role."
I am the former chair of the LSA's Committee on the LGBTQ+[Z] Issues in Linguistics (COZIL). Read the COZIL Blog for a wide range of articles on Queer and Trans Linguistics, and get involved with our various ongoing project to promote queer linguists and linguistics!
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