LGBT

AIDS in America

This class begins in 1981 as AIDS emerges and explores the impact of HIV/AIDS on the LGBTQIA2+ community through the present day. It includes critical moments in the story of AIDS: conflation of AIDS and LGBTQIA2+ identity, early LGBTQIA2+ community activism, the San Francisco General Ward 5B model, art community response to AIDS, literature and media focused on AIDS, the creation of Gay Men's Health networks, and public figures coming out as HIV positive.

Contemporary LGBTQIA2+ Film

Exploration of LGBTQIA2+ film from 1990 to the present day. From New Queer Cinema to the current plethora of LGBTQIA2+ representations in film, this course explores various genres through historical, artistic, critical, and political perspectives. LGBTQIA2+ films such as documentaries, cult favorites, experimental films, and the rise of LGBTQIA2+ international film festivals will be explored to assess the social and cultural impacts on LGBTQIA2+ people and communities.

LGBTQ+ Film: in the 1970s and 1980s

Exploration of LGBTQ+ film in two critical decades: the 1970s following the Stonewall Uprising and the 1980s with the rise of the AIDS pandemic. LGBTQ+ representations in film will be explored through historical, artistic, critical, and political perspectives. LGBTQ+ inspired films such as, horror, documentaries, cult favorites, international, and experimental films will be explored to assess the social and cultural impacts on LGBTQ+ people and communities.

Male Intimacy and 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.

Contemporary Global Art and Culture

Focus on contemporary LGBTQ+ creativity, identities, differences, and commonalities through LGBTQ+ art and culture in global contexts. Through considerations of imperialism and colonization as well as religion and other intersecting identities, this course examines contemporary LGBTQ+ writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians within a global context.

LGBT U.S. Art and Culture

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.