Queer in Culture

This course will provide an environment for critical thinking about the production of queer identities beginning at the Stonewall Riots and ending in present day. We will examine the impact of queer identities on social institutions (government & law, family, education, media, history, religion, etc.) and the changes that have occurred as a result of visibility and acknowledgment of queer issues. In addition, we will examine issues pertinent to youth-adolescents and young adults-in the process of defining, processing, and creating queer identities. Through qualitative interviews and analysis, we will come to understand how folks construct queer selves in varying contexts and how first sexual experiences, and the meanings given them, assist in the construction/denial of a queer self. This course is designed for the active participatory learner!