The Educator's Guide to Non-binary French

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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