SEMINAR DESCRIPTION

This course will surface the ways in which LGBTQ+ people and communities have impacted the ways in which mainstream American culture has been shaped by cultural production derived from thinking that challenges heteronormativity in post-World War II America until the validation of same sex marriage in 2014 Through the lenses of queer theory, evolving queer history, Since the emergence of “homosexuality” and “transsexuality” as identities in the late 19th century, queer culture has been presumed to develop in the margins of American life, ancillary to and shaped by heterosexual norms. Yet, the vast majority of queer people in the last hundred years have lived (to at least some degree) in the closet, allowing them to exist in the mainstream while maintaining a distinctly non-normative identity. Thus, to quote bell hooks, allowing them "to bring the margin into the center." In 15 meetings over the course of the semester, through lectures, discussions, texts, slides, films and video, we will explore the ways in which transformative integration of queer designs for living have occurred. Highlighting pivotal events and shifts in American cultural, political, and creative history this course will provide food for thought about the ways in queerness is integral to American notions of progress and freedom.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Sam U. February 6, 2024 "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”

 After viewing the film “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”, I got to learn more about an essential historical figure prominent in the Civil Rights Movement that I have never heard of before. He was an especially important figure involved in the movement, such as organizing the 1963 march in Washington, which was the same location and time where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his infamous “I Have A Dream” speech. Yet as involved as he was in the Civil Rights Movement, he explained his experiences and stigmas he faced as an openly gay man within the exact same time period. It seems hypocritical of people who want to fight for equal rights due to the discrimination they face everyday direct this exact same type of discrimination against a different minority group from themselves. Some people in the Civil Rights Movement were accepting of the gay community as they recognized the similar struggles they faced together, but others still harbored conservative ideologies, which Rustin was a prime example of being targeted by.


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Erika Bauer - Final Project

 Link to my final project https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10M3X31MtgSnCAicMzf6pDhINFAjSNRaGX8BJnh3_9Eg/edit