Welcome to the Lavender Languages Conference website. The 19th annual conference takes place February 10-12, 2012 in the Butler Pavilion’s 6th floor Conference rooms on the American University campus. Campus logistics and information on accommodations are posted elsewhere on the website.

Please note that we have negotiated a block of hotel rooms at a site convenient to campus and at a reasonable weekend rate; to confirm rooms at this rate, conference participants are asked to make reservations through the hotel website by mid-January. See details at Accommodations.

Organized sessions for Lav Lgs 19 will address some familiar conference themes, as well as some entirely new topics. Check the Sessions under Development page on the website for session descriptions and calls for papers and contact the session organizer(s) as your interests require. OR send in your own idea for a session or for a single-authored paper as your individual interests in lavender languages topics suggest.

One of the things that makes Lav lgs Conference unique is its “no attitude” atmosphere. The conference environment is always informal. There is ample time for discussion during the scheduled sessions and during the refreshment breaks. Conference participants represent a broad range of backgrounds—gender, sexuality, age, career-level, nationality, race/ethnicity, academic discipline, political stance, and so on. Registration fees are deliberately suppressed to ensure that conference is affordable. The conference site is accessible and, with sufficient advance notice, all events will have sign-language support. You will not feel alone, out-of-place or unloved at Lav Lgs 19.

Please message back (wlm@american.edu) at any time if you have questions about the conference that require immediate answers.

With best wishes,
Wlm L. Leap
Conference coordinator
Lavender Languages 19