Spring 2027

Bi/pan/asexuality: Community & Representation

Explores experiences, needs, and goals of BPA people, including outcome disparities, coalition building, media representation, and multiple marginalization within BPA communities.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Cabell Gathman3.2/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.51 GPA, 86.5% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.18 GPA, 63.9% A/AB (n=36 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Learn about specific outcome disparities for BPA people as compared to both heterosexual and LG people. Pose potential explanations for these disparities with particular attention to the concepts of social support and minority stress.

  • Build on existing understanding of identity categories to better understand the social context in which BPA people come to self-identify and form communities, with particular attention to how BPA identities may be shaped by and challenge existing norms and structures.

  • Consider how BPA people and communities intersect and form coalitions with other identity categories and communities such as trans folks, new religious groups, kink, and disability communities, and explore how these groups may fit into existing structures or work towards social change.

  • Analyze media representations of and by BPA people, consider their consequences for BPA individuals and communities, and engage with transformative works that explore alternative understandings of BPA identity.

  • Throughout the course, recognize how sexual and romantic identity intersects with other identities such as gender, trans or cis status, race, ability, age, economic class, etc. and explore how a person’s experiences are shaped by their identities and group memberships, with particular attention to which subgroups may experience disproportionately positive or negative outcomes.

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GEN&WS 344

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Raw average: 3.13/5 from 127 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.51 GPA, 86.5% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.18 GPA, 63.9% A/AB (n=36 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CABELL GATHMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 400

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.51 GPA, 86.5% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.18 GPA, 63.9% A/AB (n=36 letter grades).

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Topics

  • BPA identities and interactions with mainstream lesbian gay community
  • Outcome disparities, community coalition building, and media representation
  • Multiple marginalization within BPA communities
  • Intersection of sexual/romantic identity with gender, race, ability, age, and class

Skills

  • Analyze outcome disparities for BPA people using concepts of social support and minority stress.
  • Understand the social context of BPA self-identification and community formation.
  • Examine coalition building between BPA communities and other identity groups.
  • Analyze media representations of BPA people and their consequences.
  • Recognize intersectionality of sexual/romantic identity with other social identities.

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1286 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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GEN&WS 344 · Spring 2027

Bi/Pan/Asexuality: Community & Representation

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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