Lexis Episode 61 - Lucy Jones on Words We Live By: A Guide to LGBTQ+ Language
Show notes for Episode 61
Here are the show notes for Episode 61, in which Jacky and Dan talk to Dr Lucy Jones, Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics at the University of Nottingham about Words We Live By: A Guide to LGBTQ+ Language, including:
Why language labels are so important when discussing sexuality and sexual identity
Whether or not such labels categorise and divide more than they validate and unite
The expanding lexicon of LGBT terminology and initialisms
Why it’s important to start conversations around this language to learn more
Advice for navigating the changing, choppy and sometimes contentious waters of the language of sexual identity in the A-Level classroom
The project webpage is here: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cral/projects/words-we-live-by/about.aspx
Lucy Jones’ University of Nottingham profile page:
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/people/lucy.jones
Our previous episode with Lucy is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1m9UKNUUysD6Vawj61C2kW?si=3LdfVQjEREaUvWgxopxLEg
Thanks to Ali Cotton (and friends) for some question suggestions and input.
Contributors
Lisa Casey
blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)
Dan Clayton
blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social
Jacky Glancey
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey
Raj Rana
Matthew Butler
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA
Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys
Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys