How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages | Otherwords

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Across the globe, queer communities have relied on secret lexicons known as "argots" to communicate safely, which have developed over the years into what some call "verbal jazz." Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and fınds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fıelds of biology, history, cultural studies, literature, and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective on what it means to be human. sources: https://books.google.com/books?id=5WCxzmGMI88C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2016/8/17/lavender-linguistics-queer-way-speak https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/polari-and-hidden-history-of-gay-seafarers https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180212-polari-the-code-language-gay-men-used-to-survive https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED615308.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCOP5dOLN9g https://www.vice.com/en/article/7bmb4g/a-secret-gay-language-has-gone-mainstream-in-the-philippines https://issuu.com/gaypages/docs/autumn_2018_gay_pages_magazine_digital_issue_gaypa/s/10775612 https://theconversation.com/how-cape-towns-gayle-has-endured-and-been-adopted-by-straight-people-117336 https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/gayle-language-apartheid-south-africas-gay-underground https://sites.google.com/boisestate.edu/lavenderlanguagesconference29/home?authuser=0 Host: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D. Creator/Director: Andrew Matthews & Katie Graham Writer: Taylor Behnke Producer: Katie Graham Editor/Animation: Andrew Matthews Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Fact Checker: Yvonne McGreevy Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Stock Images from Shutterstock Music from APM Music Otherwords is produced by Spotzen for PBS. © 2023 PBS. All rights reserved.