Today we discuss the implications of Grammatical Gender for nonbinary and gender-neutral expression (and vice-versa). We'll look a little bit at lexical access, a little bit about proposals for language reform, and try to link the theory behind grammatical gender with the practical realm of language use. Plus, some updates from the Linguistic Society of America and news for future episodes!
Where did They/Them/Theirs pronouns come from? Why do people have an issue with them? Why should we use them? All this and more in the first episode of the Queer Linguistics podcast!