I became interested in language at a very early age.   I saw bias in the differences between symbols that addressed males and those that addressed "not-males."   My education became focused on languages,  B.A with honours in French, and B.Ed with honours in English in Saskatoon Sask.  Later, 4 years of Linguistics, University of Toronto.  I also spent one year in Aix France studying some anthropology and sociology vis a vis the language used.