Queer and Transgender Studies Minor

The queer and transgender studies minor is an interdisciplinary set of courses that provides a critical study of cultures, creative expressions, histories, economic structures, and socio-political and legal institutions as they impact the formation of queer and transgender identities and the lives and experiences of people in the LGBTQ+ community.

The minor is comprised of courses that feature LGBTQ+ content either as the sole focus or as prominent topics within a wider context. Through these courses, the queer and transgender studies minor offers vibrant resources for critically investigating matters of embodiment, practices and ideologies of identity formation, the complexities of sexual and gender diversities, dynamics of power relations, and specific aspects of queer and transgender politics, histories, and cultures. Courses also offer powerful conceptual tools for crafting inclusive forms of subjectivities, social relations, and communities.

This minor provides a valuable complement to any major, and in particular degrees in the humanities, media and communication studies, the visual and performing arts, the social sciences, and health-related fields.

The plan code for Queer and Transgender Studies Minor is QTST-MN.