LGBT

Intimacy and Relationships between Women and Nonbinary People

Utilizing a feminist lens, this course studies people who identify as women and nonbinary in intimate relationships from a variety of perspectives. Integrating the personal experiences of class members, the course examines biological, psychological, social, and cultural influences upon women's and nonbinary people's ability to develop and sustain intimate and healthy relationships.

From Greece to Stonewall: Global LGBTQ+ Literature, Art and Culture

This global humanities course examines LGBTQ+ culture, artists, and writers from ancient Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Indigenous Americas, Japan, and the Middle East to Medieval and Renaissance Europe and Mexico through pre-World War II Europe and 1950s Japan and the U.S. Review of artifacts, art, artistic communities, and writers over the span of several centuries to assess changing attitudes to LGBTQ+ communities.91·çÔÂÂ¥ GE Areas E and H3; CSU GE Area C2; IGETC Area 3B.

Modern to Contemporary Art

Focus on late nineteenth through twenty-first century LGBTQ+ creativity, identities, differences, and commonalities through LGBTQ+ art and culture in the U.S. Through considerations of imperialism and colonization as well as religion and other intersecting identities, this course examines a range of LGBTQ+ writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians within an American context.

Pre-Stonewall Art and Writers

This global humanities course examines LGBTQ+ culture, artists, and writers from ancient Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Indigenous Americas, Japan, and the Middle East to Medieval and Renaissance Europe and Mexico through pre-World War II Europe and 1950s Japan and the U.S. Review of artifacts, art, artistic communities, and writers over the span of several centuries to assess changing attitudes to LGBTQ+ communities.91·çÔÂÂ¥ GE Areas E and H3; CSU GE Area C2; IGETC Area 3B.

Male Intimacy & Relationships

Course studies male to male intimate relationships from a variety of perspectives. Integrating the personal experiences of class members, the course also examines biological, psychological, social, and cultural influences upon men?s ability to develop and sustain intimate relationships. Students will gain a better understanding of how to seek and participate in more satisfying relationships as well as understand and cope with the many forces that impact male same-sex relationships.

LGBT Culture & Society

This course examines the development of LGBTQ+ communities and the cultural and ideological forces that have shaped them. Included are the ways queer and trans groups have presented themselves and their communities through political activism and resistance, cultural organizations, and media. Contemporary struggles for decolonization, equity, and social justice with an emphasis on intersecting identities will be highlighted.

Intimacy and Relationships

Utilizing a feminist lens, this course studies people who identify as women and nonbinary in intimate relationships from a variety of perspectives. Integrating the personal experiences of class members, the course examines biological, psychological, social, and cultural influences upon women's and nonbinary people's ability to develop and sustain intimate and healthy relationships.