About this Event
School of Social Sciences and Social Professions and Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre at London Metropolitan University invites you to a:
Book launch on 'Non-binary Gender Identities - The Language of Becoming' authored by Dr Sebastian Cordoba
About the author:
Dr Sebastian Cordoba (he/him) is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at London Metropolitan University, UK. Sebastian is a social and LGBTQ+ psychologist. His research interests include gender, sexuality, and language; new materialist approaches to research; and corpus linguistics.
His book, , was released in October 2022.
About the book:
Non-Binary Gender Identities examines how non-binary people discover, adopt, and negotiate language in a variety of social settings, both offline and online. It considers how language, in the form of gender-neutral pronouns, names, and labels, is a central aspect of identity for many and has been the subject of much debate in recent years.
Sebastian captures the psychological, social, and linguistic experiences of non-binary people by illustrating the multiple, complex, and evolving ways in which non-binary people use language to express their gender identities, bodies, authenticity, and navigate social interactions – especially those where their identities are not affirmed. These findings shed light on the gender and linguistic becomings of non-binary people, a pioneering theoretical framework developed in the book, which reflects the dynamic realities of language, subjectivities, and the materiality of the body. Informed by these findings, the text offers recommendations for policy makers and practitioners, designed to facilitate gender-related communication, and decrease language-related distress on non-binary people, as well as the general population.
This book is part of Routledge’s Gender and Sexualities in Psychology book series, which showcases scholarly work over a wide range of areas within gender and sexualities in psychology, and the intersection of gender, feminism, sexualities and LGBTIQ psychology with other areas of the discipline.
Speakers:
Dr Zowie Davy (she/her), Associate Professor at the Centre for LGBTQ Research, De Montfort University, UK
Zowie’s work centres on medicolegal constructions of gender and sexuality in healthcare, research, and pedagogical spaces. Her current research spans (trans) gender studies including critical approaches to gender dysphoria, a project on parents’ experiences of school cultures while supporting their trans children, and recent ongoing survey study looking at the perceptions of parents and youth and accessing primary healthcare in the UK.
Dr Kat Gupta (they/them), Honorary Fellow at the University of Roehampton in London, UK
Kat’s research interests are in corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, digital humanities, gender, queer theory, language and ideology and language and politics. Kat is interested in LGBT, queer and gender issues from both an academic and activist perspective. They are particularly focused on issues affecting non-binary people and non-white trans and/or queer people. Most recently, they have worked with Scottish Trans, Stonewall Scotland and LGBT Youth Scotland to explore and begin to address some of these issues.
Moderator:
Dr Karyofyllis (Lakis) Zervoulis (he/him), Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, London Metropolitan University, UK
Dr Zervoulis is teaching most topics within social psychology and is using both quantitative and qualitative methods and analyses. His main research interests are in social identity and politicisation as applied in the context of stigmatised and minority groups, sexuality and gender roles, internet psychology, and cross-cultural psychology.
Schedule:
- 17:30 – 18:00: Welcome drinks
- 18:00 – 18:30: About the book: Dr Sebastian Cordoba
- 18:30 – 18:45: Dr Zowie Davy
- 18:45 – 19:00: Dr Kat Gupta
- 19:00 – 19:30: Panel discussion and Q/A with Dr Lakis Zervoulis
*This event will be delivered in-person only at London Metropolitan University (Holloway campus)*
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
GC1-08 (First floor, Graduate Centre)Blue Zone, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London, United Kingdom
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