Introduction to LGBTQ Studies.

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer studies. Students will engage in the critical study of sexuality and gender as constituted through race, culture, class, age, disability, and nation. The course examines the production of cultural, social, political, and scientific discourses about non-heteronormative sexualities and non-normative genders. Students will learn about LGBTQ+ identities, communities, activism, and political movements in the United States and globally..