ONLINE: Contemporary LGBTQ Culture will focus on the construction of queer identity in American culture beginning in the late 20th century and how this category helps to eliminate old ideas while simultaneously making room for others. This lecture-format course will look at anti-assimilationist, radical queer activists and activism as a way to open up discussion about new social discourses and spaces, and as a way to critique the current state of the queer community and politics. Topics for the course will include: same-sex marriage/"don’t ask, don’t tell," the construction of queer people in media (film, TV, online) and the effects of religion on sexual communities. We will also spend a considerable amount of time looking at transgender culture in all its forms. This course will use a variety of media for exploration, including autobiography, theory, fiction and hybrid texts. | Lecture + Q&A.
Max enrollment: 30.
Class sessions are recorded.
