Gay and lesbian studies

LGBTQ/Queer Studies

Founded in , the LGBTQ Studies Certificate encourages students to think across established disciplines in order to understand the meaning of sexuality in society. For example, some courses ask for sociological or theoretical questions about the production of sexual norms.

Gay/Lesbian Studies

GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies

When you do something your culture labels deviant, you are liable to be punished for it: by being arrested, by being shamed, made to feel dirty, by losing your job, your license, your loved ones, your self-respect, your health insurance. Queer theory looks at, and studies, and has a political critique of, anything that falls into normative and deviant categories, particularly sexual activities and identities.