Explore queer & trans politics, identity, and culture though an interdisciplinary study of the historical and social context of personal, cultural and political aspects of sexuality, gender, and identity. Sources from a variety of fields, such as anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, and women's studies, focusing on writings by and about LGBT people.

Cross-listed with ENGL359I. Credit only granted for ENGL359I or LGBT359J. Prerequisite: Two lower-level English courses, at least one in literature; or permission of ARHU-English department.

Cross-listsed with AAAS498Y. Credit only granted for LGBT448L or AAAS498Y.

Black Queer Studies is an intersectional and interdisciplinary approach to LGBTQ+ Studies and Black Studies. In this course, we will center Blackness to meditate upon the overlapping and interwoven categories of race, gender, and sexuality with the goal of decoupling whiteness from LGBTQ+ studies and decoupling heterosexuality from Black studies. We will look at texts from the humanities and social sciences as well literature and film in order to trace topical trajectories of Black queer thought. We will explore the meaning of queerness in relation to blackness, touchupon moments in black queer history, analyze questions of black queer representation and erasure, and press upon hot button topics such as queer identity and the black church, African and global queer and trans identities, Blackness and homophobia, white LGBTQ+ racism, and Black queer pleasure. Throughout we will consider how Black queer liberation can andhas provided tools and a guide for our collective liberation.