INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER+ STUDIES

GEN&WS 342

Teaches students fluency with basic terms, concepts, and methodologies within the interdisciplinary field of Transgender Studies. Content includes transnational and cultural considerations; contemporary transgender issues in medicine, law, and education; cultural production, art and activism; transgender, feminist, and queer theories.

GEN&WS 340

Topics in feminist study of LGBTQ sexualities, considering race, nationality, and time.

GEN&WS 642

Capstone for LGBTQ+ Studies certificate; culminates certificate work through advanced interdisciplinary readings, analysis and discussion in LGBTQ+ Studies and completion of a research project. It is expected that students have completed more than 50% of their LGBTQ+ Studies coursework before enrolling. Process for enrollment permission will be shared by LGBTQ+ Studies advisor.

GEN&WS 343

Centralizes the intersection of LGBTQ identities and dis/ability through various queer bodies which are also inflected by race, class, geographical and national locations. Approaches may include critical theory about queer bodies and personal narratives. Students will learn a variety of ways to think critically and creatively about the politics of bodily experience, including how those politics have shaped their own embodied lives.

GEN&WS 374

Explores gender identity and sexuality among disabled people using historical and theoretical articles to discuss and analyze films, memoirs, and poetry by people with disabilities. Provides a brief introduction to disability studies and intersectionality before delving into academic discussions and artistic representations of the intersections of disability, gender, and sexuality.