How can we move beyond the gender binary characteristic of our languages? Camille Circlude details the emergence of inclusive, non-binary and post-binary typography, which, in the wave of inclusive writing, seeks to fight the gendered nature of French language. The field of typographic design now offers an unprecedented space for writing to embrace the vast prism of gender, beyond binarity. Typography is seen as an emancipating technology that enables us to resist hegemony and embrace the hybridity of forms. Today, it offers the possibility of materialising queer, non-binary, genderfluid, agender and genderfuck existences in the shared and symbolic spaces of language and writing.
Letterform Lectures are a public aspect of the Type West postgraduate program. The series is co-presented by the San Francisco Public Library, where events are free and open to all.