In this episode, join trans host Elsie (they/them) as they get on their soapbox about some of the most chaotic statements by the Académie Française and the French government about gender-inclusive language.

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How does singular "they/them" work in French? In this episode, learn how to use "iel/lea" in French for yourself, your friends, and your community!

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In this final episode of the limited series, Queer French Through the Ages, join host Elsie (they/them) as they travel back in time to the Middle Ages to take a look at trans experiences and language. How are gender transformations/miracles written about? What's happening in the grammar? How does gender work in medieval French?

Also an interview with a very special guest, Dr. Blake Gutt, a specialist in Trans Medieval Studies, to think about how medieval transness can inform (and also comfort!) people today.

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What is happening with gender and sex in the French Renaissance? How is language used?

In this episode, join trans host Elsie (they/them) as they explore some very old poetry, a questionable medical treatise, grammar books, a travel narrative, and a novel. Accrochez-vous ! :)

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What does Early Modern France have to say about gender and sex? How can we, today, think about gender-non-conforming lives over 350 years ago?

Featuring the works by Early Modern Trans scholars, and a very special guest, Dr. Caitlin Dahl, this episode explores how language navigates queer identities in very old dictionaries, a delightful love story between two young trans people, and a gender-non-conforming memoir.

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What do sex and gender mean in 19th-century France?

Where can we find gender non-conforming lives in French?

How are those identities and experiences expressed in language?

Join trans host Elsie, as they shine a light on a lesser-known Balzac short story, and cherish and explore a vibrant intersex memoir, all in the context of queer language.

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What are the queer French strategies used by members of the LGBTQIAP+ communities in North and West Africa?

Are their understandings of this kind of language the same as ours in the U.S.?

In this second episode, join Elsie as they explore studies, linguistic reports, poems, an interview, and a novel - all in queer French! C'est parti :)

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Not sure what queer French is? We got you. :)

Join PhD student Elsie (they/iel) as they explore what non-binary language strategies look like today in Francophone spaces! With special guest Candice Guerbeau (she/her), and local queer students and educators, this episode explores a series of comic strips by trans creator Sophie Labelle, and a novel by the French linguist Alpheratz, as well as the political and social discourse about queer language in French. Allons-y !

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