
Gregory Ward
Department of 
Linguistics
Northwestern 
University 

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Heterosexuality. Paper presented at the Sixth Conference on Lavender Languages 
and Linguistics, 
Abrams, Brett.  1999.  Gender Hijinks and Ribald Humor: Female 
Impersonators and the 
Ambrecht, Tom.  2002.  Redeeming Himself on Paper: Julien 
Green's Psychosomatic Pen.  Paper 
presented at the Ninth Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Amory, Deb. 1998. The Violence of the 
Post-Colonial Closet. Paper presented at the Sixth Conference on Lavender 
Languages and Linguistics, 
Amory, Deb.  1999.  Kuchu Culture: Language and Local/Global 
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Online Cruising as a New Site for Gay Sex. Paper presented at the Eleventh 
Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Armbrecht, Thomas J.D.  2000.  Saturday Night Semiotics:  
Hanky-Codes and Non-Verbal Communication among Gay Men.  Paper presented at the Eighth Conference 
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Armstrong, James D. 1997. Homophobic Slang as 
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Passing or Passed By: Disabilities and Queer Community. Paper presented at the 
Fifth Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Atkins, Dawn. 1996. Communicating Queer: 
Bisexuals Sharing Coming Out Stories. Paper presented at the Fourth Conference 
on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Atkins, Dawn. 1997. Languages of Desire: 
Sexual Practices and Identity. Paper presented at the Fifth Conference on 
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Atkins, Dawn. 1998. Transgender Identities, 
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Bacon, Jen. 1997. Refusing to Get the Story Straight: Queer 
Narratives and the Possibility of a Cultural Rhetoric. Paper presented at the 
Fifth Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Bagemihl, Bruce. 1997. Surrogate Phonology and 
Transsexual Faggotry: A Linguistic Analogy for Uncoupling Sexual Orientation 
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Baker, Paul.  2000.  Constructing Polari-Speaking Gay 
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Linguistics, 
Baker, Paul. 2001. Moral Panic and Alternative Identity Construction in Usenet. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication 17:1.
Baker, Paul. 2002. Fantabulosa: A 
Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. 
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Language of Gay Men. 
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heterosexism in Chilean society. Paper presented at the Twelfth Conference on 
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Tenth Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Barat, Erzsebet.  2003.  Abuse of Freedom to Speech: 
Neo-Conservative Gate-Keeping in the Hungarian Printed Media.  Paper presented at the Tenth Conference 
on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Barat, Erzsebet. 2004. The Labrisz Project. Paper presented at the Eleventh 
Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Barat, Erzsebet.  2004. Les-being 
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Barat, Zsazsa. 2005. The dialectic interaction between linguistic and 
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presented at the Tenth Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Barrett, Rusty, Robin Queen, and Keith Walters. 1996. Butches and Bi's, Fats 
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Language Texts Marketed to Gay Men. Paper presented at the Fifth Conference on 
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on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
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presented at the Fifth Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Bramlett, Frank. 1996. Gender-Enhanced Language and the Problems of 
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Bramlett, Frank. 1997. The Concept of the Self and the Lexicon: Language in and about Gay Communities. Working Papers in Discourse Studies: Language, Gender, and Culture 1.1:1-10.
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Paper presented at the Tenth Conference on Lavender Languages and 
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Bramlett, Frank. 2006. Hicks, Rednecks, Southerners, and Farm Boys: How 
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on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Brody, Michal. 
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Tenth Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Brua, Chas. 2004. Homophobic Bullying as a Convergence Point. Paper presented 
at the Eleventh Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
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Bucholtz, Mary and Kira Hall.  
2002.  Selfless Desires?: 
Language and the Materiality of Sexual Identity.  Paper presented at the Ninth Conference 
on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Bucholtz, Mary.  2002.  Practicing Heterosexuals: Sex Education, 
Heterosexism, and the Limits of Communities of Practice.  Paper presented at the Ninth Conference 
on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Bullock, Barbara E. and Luke Eilderts.  2003.  Prononcer mâle ou 
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Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Busbee, Elizabeth.  2000.  Unequal Footing; Goffman’s Models for 
Deference, Demeanor and Face in Dominant/Submissive Communication.  Paper presented at the Eighth Conference 
on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, 
Busbee, Elizabeth.  2002.  Subversion at Dark Religion: Gender, 
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