In our new issue, Abolaji Mustapha examines ESL classes in Nigerian primary & secondary schools, finding girls showed more gender awareness & negotiated their takeaway from textbooks, while boys aligned with “normal” renderings of their gender identity. Watch the video abstract!

Our new special issue spotlights how gender & sexual diversity are constructed in educational media worldwide. From Uruguay to Nigeria & Saudi Arabia, it showcases innovative research on diversity in language learning across geopolitical contexts. Watch the guest editors' video!

Out now! Suha Alansari's new article compares constructions of gendered identities in ELT textbooks for adult learners in Saudi Arabia before & after the 2016 economic shakeup, finding the texts responded to pro-neoliberal discourses and women's empowerment initiatives

In our new issue on trans linguistics, Dozandri Mendoza analyzes a Miami drag queen's /s/ production across moments in discourse referencing alignment, either w/ the aesthetic style of Wynwood drag related to the racialised chonga persona or w/ normative constructs of femininity

Out now in Issue 18.3! Dana El-Sammak reviews the 2024 book The Queer Arab Glossary, edited by Marwan Kaabour. Read the review here: utppublishing.com/toc/gl/18/…

Out now! Xiaoyi Tang reviews the 2024 book The Class and Gender Politics of Chinese Online Discourse: Ambivalence, Sociopolitical Tensions and Co-option by Yanning Huang. Read it here: utppublishing.com/toc/gl/18/…

In our latest issue, Jordan Tudisco shows nonbinary French speakers articulate gender identity through a variety of linguistic strategies that include nonbinary linguistic forms & novel uses of binary language, while reframing these linguistic innovations under a gender binary

Why do people misunderstand trans speech? Who gets to decide the ways we gender ourselves, anyway? Check out J Calder and Ariana Steele’s new article about what they call the “cisgender listening subject” in our special issue on trans linguistics here: utppublishing.com/toc/gl/18/…

Explore the complexities of transgender identity in Hong Kong with Kimberly Tao's article in our new issue, examining how language & societal dynamics shape diverse transgender experiences & reveal underlying fears of misrepresentation and exclusion. Watch @kimberlytaowy below!

Out now! Archie Crowley explores how trans individuals in South Carolina use language for personal & political goals. They examine interview participants' "self-facing" & "public facing" approaches to language, showing how language fosters self-determination and trans vitality.

Special Issue 18.3 guest editors Cedar Brown, deandre miles-hercules, and Lal Zimman argue for the importance of cultivating trans linguistics in an era when trans communities are facing unique vulnerabilities across the globe. Watch their video introduction to the issue below!