Interdisciplinary Minor
College of Letters and Science
361 Kaplan Hall
Box 957233
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7233
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies
310-825-7650
Although the initial focus in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer studies is usually on minority sexualities and transgenderism, it is impossible to study them in any meaningful way without raising questions about gender, race, ethnicity, economics/class, globalism, and the construction of scientific knowledge. Thus lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer studies, which may at first seem to concern the private practices of a small number of people, inevitably leads to the much larger study of sexuality and culture. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies program represents an important vantage point from which to investigate the social construction of sexual identity, social control of behavior, changing definitions of the family, and the place of sexual and gender expression in the public and private spheres. Because of the kinds of questions asked, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer studies is the site of some of the most exciting work being done today on the relationship between sexuality and culture.
