'Transgender accent' researcher receives thousands of dollars in grant money from City University of New York

The City University of New York pumped $6,000 into a linguistics study with the intent to determine whether or not transgender or non-binary individuals speak or write with a "transgender accent."

The research grant was provided to Theodore Manning, who describes himself as a "Linguist, Grad Student," and "Menace," using the pronouns "hän/hänet/hänen," which are Finnish.

According to YAF, the researcher has been asked by the University of Colorado Boulder to present the findings of the 16-month investigation.

Manning's research reportedly involved contacting nearly 100 "transgender and non-binary people" to request that respondents participate in the study called "MapLemon."

The demographic study is steeped in identity politics and stated that the data from "minority backgrounds" is analyzed by "people from those same backgrounds, so that the data is properly handled and understood."

The study authors claim that their methodology is a concept that is a response to outcry from "Queer communities and Native American communities" and could help prove "prevalent Queer Theory ideas" including the field of "Trans Linguistics."

The study's activity has participants write and verbally communicate directions for a fictional character named "Chad LemonLover" to a get a fictional lemonade stand. Then, participants were asked to provide "detailed instructions for making lemonade."

The participants are then asked to fill out a questionnaire that includes age, gender identity, "sex assigned at birth," race, languages used, and more.

The data provided is allegedly used to "better understand the effects that educational, cultural, regional, and socioeconomic background" have on a respondent's answers.

Participants were given $5 for their participation. Manning reportedly collaborated with graduate students at Harvard, Duquesne, and the University of Pittsburgh to analyze the responses.

The study claimed that the writing results from "Transgender Men (FTM) and Transgender Women (MTF)" seemed to be indicative of a "transgender accent."

It also determined "cisgender men" and "masculinity" to be the most "'exclusive' gender presentation."

The University of Colorado Boulder stated that the study's findings have included "groundbreaking" discoveries "about the possibility of a transgender accent."

It also claimed that the study yielded results that lend to the suggestion that transgender and non-binary people "write most similarly to their gender as opposed to their sex assigned at birth."

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