GWSS 390 B: Intermediate Topics in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

WORLDWIDE MOVEMENTS FOR LBGTQ+ RIGHTS AND JUSTICE HAVE HAD MUCH SUCCESS OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS, AS WELL AS MANY CHALLENGES. ON THE ONE HAND, MANY STATES HAVE MOBILIZED, CONSOLIDATED, AND/OR FOMENTED HOMOPHOBIA TO FURTHER PARTICULAR POLITICAL ENDS. ON THE OTHER HAND, AN INCREASING NUMBER OF COUNTRIES PROHIBIT EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, PUNISH HATE CRIMES, AND RECOGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND ADOPTION. LGBTQ+ MOVEMENT WORK TAKES MANY DIFFERENT FORMS ACROSS MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS. THIS COURSE TAKES UP THIS VARIED LANDSCAPE OF ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY. TAKING A TRANSNATIONAL, INTERSECTIONAL, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, STUDENTS WILL ANALYZE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LGBTQ+ POLITICS INCLUDING MOVEMENT HISTORIES, GEOGRAPHIES, ACTIVISM, LEGAL STRUGGLES, AND INTERSECTIONS WITH OTHER MOVEMENTS. OFFERED VIA REMOTE LEARNING