Gender Studies

GWS1543Gender - Then and Now (Cross-listed: SOCI 1543) 3 ch (W)

Explore how interdisciplinary sociologists who study gender, sex, and sexuality understand and theorize past gender or sexual non-conformity. Gain an understanding of past and present 2SLGBTQIA+ people, cultural responses to their ways of being, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people’s efforts to combat queerphobia. Possible topics include female husbands, nonbinary genders, transgender history, and the criminalization of queer people. NOTE: Credit cannot be counted for both GWS 1543 and SOCI 1543