History 265H - US LGBT & Queer History, Hons

Fall
2018
01
4.00
Julio Capo
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
75353
Herter Hall room 225
capo@history.umass.edu
This honors general education course explores how queer individuals and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities have influenced the social, cultural, economic, and political landscape in United States history. Topics include sodomy, cross-dressing, industrialization, feminism, the construction of the homo/heterosexual binary, the "pansy" craze, the homophile, gay liberation, and gay rights movements, HIV/AIDS, immigration, and same-sex marriage. This four-credit course fulfills both "HS" (i.e., Historical Studies) and "U" (i.e.,Diversity: United States) general education requirements.
Open to Senior, Junior, and Sophomore Commonwealth College students only.
Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.