Background

The first Lavender Languages conference was held in 1993, in conjunction with the National March on Washington, DC. Through support from American University's Department of Anthropology, Women's/Gender Studies Program and other academic and service programs, from the College of Arts and Sciences and from the University Provost, the conference has become an annual event, regularly attracting participants from England, Wales, Ireland, Austria, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, China, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico, as well as across the USA and Canada. Undergraduates and graduate students have always had an active presence in all conference activities — including presenting papers and coordinating panels and workshops, and so have activists, other members of lgbtq communities and other friends. Conference participants work hard to maintain Lav Lgs as a no-attitude event, whose activities are open to anyone interested in lgbtq languages and language research.



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