Sociology and Queer of Color Critique

Catalog description

Why are mainstream LGBTQ+ studies and queer theories so white-centered, while theorizations of race and ethnicity pose heterosexuality as the norm? Using the interdisciplinary framework of Queer of Color Critique, we explore how to expand and challenge the heterosexual and white-centered assumptions of sociology of sexualities, gender, and race through the perspectives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people of color. To examine how such social constructions of sexualities and gender intersect with race, ethnicity, class, ability, and other social identity categories, we examine macro level issues of colonialism, imperialism, immigration and migration, mass incarceration and policing as they pertain to racial and sexual/gender minorities. We will also cover immediate and ongoing issues, such as transphobia, drag queen phobia, activism/social movements, media representation, homelessness, and book banning that impact the everyday experiences of LGBTQ+ people, especially queer youth.