# Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has)

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxUofSC
- Speaker: Archie Crowley
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/archie_crowley_language_around_gender_and_identity_evolves_and_always_has)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Dictionaries and grammar "rules" don't have the final word on language -- and believing they do can harm more than help, especially for the trans community. Sociolinguist Archie Crowley deconstructs three common myths around language, demonstrating how it's a fluid system that naturally evolves in the direction of inclusion.

## Lectures

1. [Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/archie_crowley_language_around_gender_and_identity_evolves_and_always_has/f702debb089a), 14 min (TED's player)