Date:         Thu, 21 Jul 94 10:09:38 EDT
From: "Erik G. Paul" <EP4417A@american.edu>

       Back by popular demand --  a two-day conference on

               LAVENDER LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

Date: Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18, 1994

Place: Davenport Lounge, SIS Building, American University,
       Washington DC

Keynote speakers include: Birch Moonwoman and Arnold Zwicky

Topics of scheduled presentations include:

        o referencing the lesbian body
        o conversation styles of gay and heterosexual couples
        o gay English and performativity
        o lesbian/gay life story narratives
        o deaf lesbian "in-group" signs and signing

as well as a Sunday afternoon workshop on the analysis of coming
out stories. (Participants are encouraged to bring one or more
coming out texts to use as a data base during that workshop.)

Registration:
      - Registration at the door on Saturday morning begins at
        8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
      - It will be helpful to be able to estimate attendance in
        advance. Pre-registration is welcomed!
      - A $5 fee, payable in advance or at the door, covers costs
        of xeroxing, mailings and refreshments.

   NOTE::The $5 fee is waived, if you bring a lesbian/
         gay/queer-oriented book or other reference material(s)
         to donate to the library of the newly opened American
         University Lesbian/Gay Resource Center. Please bring
         donations to the conference registration table.


For more information, please contact the conference organizers--
Ruth Morgan or William Leap:

         s-mail: Department of Anthropology, The American University,
                 Washington DC 20016

         e-mail: RZMorgan@gallau.bitnet
                 wlm@american.edu

         v-mail: 202-885-1831
         fax:    202-885-1837


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