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HODI at EVALITA 2023: Overview of the first Shared Task on Homotransphobia Detection in Italian

Published in Parma, Italy, 2023

HODI is a new shared task for the automatic detection of homotransphobia in Italian presented at EVALITA 2023. The challenge is organized into two subtasks: Subtask A focuses on the binary textual classification of homotransphobic tweets, while Subtask B is concerned with the identification of ”rationales” for explainability in the form of textual spans of text. We have received a total of 19 runs for Subtask A and 5 runs for Subtask B from a total of 8 participating teams from 6 different countries. We present here an overview of the HODI shared task, the datasets, the evaluation methodology, the results obtained by the participants, and a discussion of the methodology adopted by the teams.

Recommended citation: Nozza, D., Cignarella, A. T., Damo, G., Caselli, T., & Patti, V. (2023). HODI at EVALITA 2023: Overview of the first Shared Task on Homotransphobia Detection in Italian. Proceedings of EVALITA. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3473/paper26.pdf

A Cross-Lingual Study of Homotranphobia on Twitter

Published in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2023

We present a cross-lingual study of homotransphobia on Twitter, examining the prevalence and forms of homotransphobic content in tweets related to LGBT issues in seven languages. Our findings reveal that homotransphobia is a global problem that takes on distinct cultural expressions, influenced by factors such as misinformation, cultural prejudices, and religious beliefs. To aid the detection of hate speech, we also devise a taxonomy that classifies public discourse around LGBT issues. By contributing to the growing body of research on online hate speech, our study provides valuable insights for creating effective strategies to combat homotransphobia on social media.

Recommended citation: Davide Locatelli, Greta Damo, and Debora Nozza. 2023. A Cross-Lingual Study of Homotransphobia on Twitter. In Proceedings of the First Workshop on Cross-Cultural Considerations in NLP (C3NLP), pages 16–24, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Association for Computational Linguistics. https://aclanthology.org/2023.c3nlp-1.3/