Lal Zimman

Zimman received his BA in Philosophy and MA in English with a Linguistics concentration from San Francisco State University. He received his PhD in linguistics from University of Colorado Boulder in 2012 where he worked under Kira Hall.{{Cite web |title=Lal Zimman |url=http://lalzimman.org/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=lalzimman.org |language=en-US}} His dissertation, Voices in Transition: Testosterone, Transmasculinity, and the Gendered Voice among Female-to-Male Transgender People, used both ethnographic and sociophonetic methods to explore the effects of hormone therapy on the voices of trans men.{{Citation |last=Zimman |first=Lal |title=Sociolinguistic Agency and the Gendered Voice: Metalinguistic Negotiations of Vocal Masculinization among Female-to-Male Transgender Speakers |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139680448.013 |work=Awareness and Control in Sociolinguistic Research |year=2016 |pages=253–277 |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/cbo9781139680448.013 |isbn=9781139680448 |access-date=2022-06-04}}

Zimman's work has been influential in developing the field of trans linguistics.{{Citation |last=Zimman |first=Lal |title=Transgender Language, Transgender Moment: Toward a Trans Linguistics |date=2020-09-02 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.013.45 |work=The Oxford Handbook of Language and Sexuality |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.013.45 |isbn=978-0-19-021292-6 |access-date=2022-06-04}}{{Cite journal |last=Zimman |first=Lal |date=2021-10-06 |title=Beyond the cis gays' cis gaze |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/genl.20883 |journal=Gender and Language |volume=15 |issue=3 |doi=10.1558/genl.20883 |s2cid=240256058 |issn=1747-633X}} He has been widely recognized for his work on inclusive language reform and activism,{{Cite web |date=2014-09-23 |title=Facebook, the gender binary, and third-person pronouns |url=https://blog.oup.com/2014/09/facebook-gender-binary-third-person-pronouns/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=OUPblog |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604153910/https://blog.oup.com/2014/09/facebook-gender-binary-third-person-pronouns/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Olivia |title=Our Partners, Ourselves: Why Is It So Hard To Know What To Call A Significant Other? |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/02/10286494/partner-term-relationship-complicated-meaning |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=www.refinery29.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529094547/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/02/10286494/partner-term-relationship-complicated-meaning |url-status=live }}{{Citation |last=Zimman |first=Lal |title=Pronouns and Possibilities: Transgender Language Activism and Reform |date=2018 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315115702-23/pronouns-possibilities-lal-zimman |work=Language and Social Justice in Practice |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781315115702-23 |isbn=978-1-315-11570-2 |s2cid=187627389 |access-date=2022-06-04 |archive-date=2022-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313132846/https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315115702-23/pronouns-possibilities-lal-zimman |url-status=live }} the relationship between the body, biological sex, and the voice,{{Cite web |title=Pronunciation of 's' sounds impacts perception of gender, researcher finds |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130104143700.htm |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=ScienceDaily |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604153911/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130104143700.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=The Vocal Fries – Lal-apalooza – 58:57 |url=https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/s1!e724c |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=radiopublic.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604153910/https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/s1!e724c |url-status=live }} and pronouns and singular they.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-13 |title=He, she, they … should we now clarify our preferred pronouns when we say hello? |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/13/pronouns-gender-he-she-they-natalie-wynn-contrapoints |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601190731/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/13/pronouns-gender-he-she-they-natalie-wynn-contrapoints |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=McCurdy |first=Christen |title=Are Gender-Neutral Pronouns Actually Doomed? |url=https://psmag.com/social-justice/gender-neutral-pronouns-actually-doomed-67600 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Pacific Standard |date=14 June 2017 |language=en |archive-date=2021-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520155506/https://psmag.com/social-justice/gender-neutral-pronouns-actually-doomed-67600 |url-status=live }}

Zimman is currently assistant professor of Linguistics & Affiliated Faculty in Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also General Editor for Studies in Language, Gender, and Sexuality for Oxford University Press.

In 2014, Zimman published a co-edited volume, Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality (published by Oxford University Press), which won the Association for Queer Anthropology's Ruth Benedict Prize.{{Cite web |title=Congratulations to Lal Zimman, Jenny L. Davis, and Joshua Raclaw, winners of the 2014 Ruth Benedict Book Prize for Queer Excursions |url=https://ais.illinois.edu/system/files/inline-files/queerexcursions.pdf |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=University of Illinois American Indian Studies |archive-date=2022-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604154908/https://ais.illinois.edu/system/files/inline-files/queerexcursions.pdf |url-status=live }}

He has taught several classes on Sociocultural Linguistics, Language, Gender & Sexuality, and Sociophonetics.{{Cite web |title=Lal Zimman {{!}} Department of Linguistics - UC Santa Barbara |url=https://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/lal-zimman |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=www.linguistics.ucsb.edu}} He has been interviewed for programs such as The Vocal Fries podcast.

Zimman was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Zimman is transgender and uses he/him and they/them pronouns.{{Cite web |title=Lal Zimman |url=http://lalzimman.org/bio.html |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=lalzimman.org |archive-date=2022-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925135024/http://www.lalzimman.org/bio.html |url-status=live }}

• {{cite journal |last=Zimman |first=Lal |year=2019 |title=Trans self-identification and the language of neoliberal selfhood: Agency, power, and the limits of monologic discourse |journal=International Journal of the Sociology of Language |issue=2019 |pages=147–175|doi=10.1515/ijsl-2018-2016 |s2cid=150715919 }}
• {{cite book |last=Zimman |first=Lal |year=2018 |chapter=Pronouns and possibilities: Transgender language activism and reform |editor-first1=Netta |editor-last1=Avineri |editor-first2=Robin |editor-last2=Conley |editor-first3=Laura R. |editor-last3=Graham |editor-first4=Eric |editor-last4=Johnson |editor-first5=Jonathan |editor-last5=Rosa |title=Language and Social Justice: Case Studies on Communication & the Creation of Just Societies |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |pages=176–183}}
• {{cite journal |last=Zimman |first=Lal |year=2018 |title=Transgender voices: Insights on identity, embodiment, and the gender of the voice |journal=Language and Linguistics Compass |volume=12 |issue=7 |article-number=e12284 |doi=10.1111/lnc3.12284|s2cid=52181825 }}
• {{cite book |last=Zimman |first=Lal |year=2018 |chapter=Working with Transgender Communities |editor-first1=Christine |editor-last1=Mallinson |editor-first2=Becky |editor-last2=Childs |editor-first3=Gerard |editor-last3=Van Herk |title=Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and Applications |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |pages=49–52}}
• {{cite book |last=Zimman |first=Lal |year=2014 |chapter=The discursive construction of sex: Remaking and reclaiming the gendered body in talk about genitals among trans men |editor-first1=Lal |editor-last1=Zimman |editor-first2=Joshua |editor-last2=Raclaw |editor-first3=Jenny |editor-last3=Davis |title=Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=13–34}}
• {{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Jenny |first2=Lal |last2=Zimman |first3=Joshua |last3=Raclaw |year=2014 |chapter=Opposites attract: Retheorizing binaries in language, gender, and sexuality |editor-first1=Lal |editor-last1=Zimman |editor-first2=Jenny |editor-last2=Davis |editor-first3=Joshua |editor-last3=Raclaw |title=Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=1–12}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Edelman |first1=Elijah |first2=Lal |last2=Zimman |year=2014 |title=Boycunts and bonus holes: Discourse about transmasculine bodies and the sexual productivity of genitals |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |volume=61 |issue=5: Special issue on Trans Sexualities |pages=673–690 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2014.870438 |pmid=24294971 |s2cid=31263792 |editor-first=Carla A. |editor-last=Pfeffer}}
• {{cite journal |last=Zimman |first=Lal |year=2013 |title=Hegemonic masculinity and the variability of gay-sounding speech: The perceived sexuality of transgender men |journal=Journal of Language & Sexuality |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=1–39|doi=10.1075/jls.2.1.01zim |s2cid=143437724 }}
• {{cite book |last1=Zimman |first1=Lal |first2=Kira |last2=Hall |year=2009 |chapter=Language, embodiment, and the 'third sex' |editor-first=Dominic |editor-last=Watt |editor-first2=Carmen |editor-last2=Llamas |title=Language and Identities |location=Edinburgh |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |pages=166–178}}
• {{cite journal |last=Zimman |first=Lal |year=2009 |title='The other kind of coming out': Transgender people and the coming out narrative genre |journal=Gender and Language |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=53–80|doi=10.1558/genl.v3i1.53 }}

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• {{Official website|https://lalzimman.org/}}
• [https://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/lal-zimman UCSB department webpage]

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