Department of English

This course offers an introduction to the fundamentals of LGBTQ studies. We will address pertinent topics such as the history of sexuality (primarily in the transnational United States); the mythology of the Stonewall riots; the rise of gay marriage; intersections between sexuality and race; queer and trans childhoods; and the urban/rural/suburban divide. Familiarity with gender/sexuality studies or LGBTQ studies is not presumed, and the class begins on an even playing field. Along the way we will cover:
• Sexual inverts in 1890s Memphis
• Drag shows in 1960s Kansas
• Lesbian pulp fiction from the 1950s
• Gay Liberation movements in the 1970s
• AIDS activism in the 1980s
• marriage equality campaigns from the 1990s
• films such as Paris Is Burning, Portrait of Jason, Moonlight, Before Stonewall, and How To Survive a Plague

• A&H
• DUS
• What are CASE requirements?