********************************* Call for Participation ********************************* StereoQueerEval at SemEval 2027 (Task 8) Identification of Stereotypes and Hate Speech Targeting the LGBTQIA+ Community

Registration is required to obtain data and participate in the shared task. Please follow the instructions on the task website: https://stereoqueereval.github.io/how_to_participate/

--------------------------------------------------------- 🌈 The StereoQueerEval Shared Task 🌈 ---------------------------------------------------------

We invite participants to take part in StereoQueerEval: a novel shared task on the identification of stereotypes and hate speech targeting the LGBTQIA+ community. The great attention to hate speech detection in the NLP community provides a strong foundation for expanding research on stereotyping and hate speech targeting LGBTQIA+ individuals across multiple languages. StereoQueerEval advances research in this area with a cross-lingual benchmark covering English, Italian, Dutch and Persian.

StereoQueerEval is organized around three subtasks:

Subtask A) Stereotype Identification: binary detection of whether a text contains a stereotype targeting the LGBTQIA+ community (present/absent).

Subtask B) Hate Speech Type Classification: multiclass classification distinguishing between explicit hate speech, implicit hate speech and non-hateful content.

Subtask C) Target & LGBTQIA+ Identity Identification: recognition of the target type (individual vs. group) and the specific LGBTQIA+ identities targeted (L, G, B, T, Q, I, A, Q, NB).

Further details on the task, data, and evaluation are available at the task website: https://stereoqueereval.github.io/ Codabench will be up and running before the end of this month.

----------------------- Important Dates ----------------------- 18 Sep 2026 Training data release EN + IT + NL (training period starts) → already available! 07 Oct 2026 Development data (Persian) available → already available! 10 Jan 2027 Test data available + evaluation period starts 31 Jan 2027 Evaluation period ends Feb 2027 Paper submission due Feb/Mar 2027 Reviewing period Mar 2027 Notification to authors Apr 2027 Camera-ready due July 2027 SemEval 2027 Workshop (co-located with major *CL conference)

---------------- Organizers ----------------

Alessandra Teresa Cignarella, Ghent University Marta Marchiori Manerba, University of Turin Greta Damo, Université Côte d'Azur, Inria Marzieh Abdolmaleki, Ghent University Debora Nozza, Bocconi University Els Lefever, Ghent University