2017-2018 Catalog 
    
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HIST128 CM - U.S. Gay and Lesbian History

This course explores the experiences of people in the United States whom we might today define as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Drawing on recent scholarship, it analyzes those experiences in the context of American political, economic, social, legal, urban, and military history, with emphasis on the 20th century. Topics include changing categories of identity, the role of state policies and actions, the effects of wartime, Cold War persecution, the rise of gay and lesbian liberation movements, the impact of the AIDS epidemic, the emergence of queer theory, debates over military exclusion and gay marriage, and the significance of race, religion, class, gender, and region.

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: HIST128 CM