GS 50 - INTRODUCTION TO LGBTQ+ STUDIES

    Recent Professors
    A. Roskin-Frazee
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2026 Sections
    View Spring 2026 sections of GS 50
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D
    Description
    This course introduces students to LGBTQ+ studies, a field that draws from many disciplines to provide a multiperspectival view of queerness today and in the past. Some topics include: historical events and ideologies, patterns of discrimination, biomedical and legal issues, artistic expression, activism, and advocacy. Intersectionality and queer theory will applied to critique identity and study intersections of sexuality and race, class, gender identity, dis/ability, and other social locations. The course will highlight and celebrate LGBTQ+ life, culture, and community.