Lavender Languages Institute

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Prospective participants should fill out and submit the Interest Form.

The annual Lavender Languages Institute at the Human Sexuality Department runs online from June 8-17, offering 10 days of online class discussion, research opportunities, and informal conversations exploring topics of current interest in language and sexuality studies, queer linguistics, and various lavender language themes.

Submit Your Interest Form Here

Who Should Attend?

Those just beginning language and sexuality studies
Those preparing undergraduate or graduate research topics (including thesis or dissertation proposals)
Those seeking a safe space to examine language/sexuality topics in depth

2027 Course Offerings 

Courses will be announced later in Fall 2026

Class Schedule

(All times in Pacific Daylight Time)

Week 1

Sunday, June 7, 2026
Time	Class
7:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Introduction to Linguistics for Lavender Language Study (Foundational) and Intro to Queer and Trans Theory

Monday, June 8 - Friday, June 12, 2026
Time	Group A	Group B	Group C
5:30 AM - 6:45 AM	Non-Binary Language Innovation Across Languages (Topics)	Queer Grammar, Queer Rhetoric: Linguistic Approaches to Advocacy, Activism and Critique (Methods)	Queer of Color Critique (Topics)
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Queering Global English (Topics)	Queer and Trans Semiotics I (Foundational Methods)	Analyzing Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Identity with Corpus Linguistic Methods: Big Data Meets Close Qualitative Reading (Methods)
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Hour free for lunch and LLI social activities
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Queering Quants, Resisting Reduction (Methods)	Language, Attitudes and Ideologies (Topics)	Language and Black Sexual Politics (Topics)

Saturday, June 13, 2026
7:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Language, Gender/Sexuality, History: “Tremble, heteronormative linguistic swine”* (Methods) *Apologies to Cindy Patton

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Time

Class

7:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Language, Gender/Sexuality, History: “Tremble, heteronormative linguistic swine”* (Methods)

*Apologies to Cindy Patton

Sunday, June 14, 2026
Time	Class
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Crip Linguistics (Topics)

Week 2

Monday, June 15 - Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Time	Group A	Group B	Group C
5:30 AM - 6:45 AM	Non-Binary Language Innovation Across Languages (Topics)	Queer Grammar, Queer Rhetoric: Linguistic Approaches to Advocacy, Activism and Critique (Methods)	Queer of Color Critique (Topics)
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Queering Global English (Topics)	Queer and Trans Semiotics I (Foundational Methods)	Analyzing Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Identity with Corpus Linguistic Methods: Big Data Meets Close Qualitative Reading (Methods)
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Hour free for lunch and LLI social activities
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Queering Quants, Resisting Reduction (Methods)	Language, Attitudes and Ideologies (Topics)	Language and Black Sexual Politics (Topics)

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Time	Event
7:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Final Closing Session: everyone meets for closing session

Social Events

(All times in Pacific Daylight Time)

Week 1

Social Events 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM on Zoom
Date	Event
Monday, June 8	LLI Orientation
Tuesday, June 9	Speed Networking
Wednesday, June 10	Short Film Hour
Thursday, June 11	Zine Session
Friday, June 12	Non-binary Hebrew Project Discussion with brin solomon
Sunday, June 14	Movie Night

Week 2

Social Events 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM on Zoom
Date	Event
Monday, June 15	Petals and Paws Meet and Greet
Tuesday, June 16	Game Night/Jackbox Games

PUMP at LLI 2026

LLI 2026 is proud to host a Pop-Up Mentoring Program (PUMP) event. PUMP (sponsored by the LSA Committee on Gender Equity) provides one-off mentoring meetings at linguistics conferences and events around the world. PUMP matches one or more mentees with mentors who can provide quick but personalized career advice to linguists at any stage, in any location, and in any career: anyone can be a mentee or mentor, the more the merrier. Only registered participants in LLI 2026 can participate in PUMP as mentees.

Where Do I Apply?

Prospective participants should fill out and submit the Summer 2027 Application Form.
For more information, email lavlanginstitute@ciis.edu.

What Are the Fees?

The total cost to participate is $350.

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2025 Lavender Language Cohort
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2024 Lavender Language Cohort
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2023 Lavender Language Cohort
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2022 Lavender Language Cohort (not entire LLI group in picture)
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2021 Lavender Language Cohort (not entire LLI group in picture)
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2019 Lavender Language Cohort
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2018 Lavender Language Cohort