LGBTQ Studies

Catalog description

An inquiry into a wide range of issues related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. The course will include an overview of the history, politics, literature, and morality of sexual orientation and gender identity and of the LGBTQ civil rights movement and important members of the LGBTQ community. Gender identity will be explored from several viewpoints and sub-cultural perspectives as will cultural and media expressions and reactions. Finally, intersectionalities with race, social class, gender, and sex will be critically examined.