"encourages women to focus their efforts, attentions, relationships, and activities towards their fellow women rather than men"
The exploration of how queer identities intersect with feminist theory and activism.
Queer Theory: Queer theory is a critical framework for understanding gender, sexuality, and power, as well as the ways in which these categories intersect with other forms of oppression.
Intersectionality: Intersectionality is a framework that recognizes how different social identities, such as race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability, intersect and interconnect to shape individuals' experiences and their oppression.
Trans Studies: Trans studies explores the experiences of trans and gender-nonconforming people, particularly those who experience intersecting forms of oppression, such as trans people of color or trans people with disabilities.
Sexuality Studies: Sexuality studies focuses on the study of sexual identities (such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual) and practices, as well as the social, cultural, and political contexts in which these identities and practices are situated.
Queer of Color Critique: Queer of color critique is a framework that critiques the limitations and biases of conventional queer and racial analysis, and highlights marginalized and underrepresented perspectives within queer and intersectional studies.
Feminist Theory: Feminist theory is a framework that examines the social, cultural, and political constructions of gender and how power and inequality arise and are reinforced through gender norms.
Queer History: Queer history explores the historical experiences of LGBTQIA+ people, including their struggles for recognition, civil rights, and social acceptance.
Disability Studies: Disability studies examines social, cultural, and political constructions of disability and how they shape the experiences of disabled individuals.
Queer Ecology: Queer ecology focuses on the interactions and relationships between human and non-human beings, exploring how queer and gender identities intersect with environmental justice.
Sex Work: Sex work studies examine the social, economic, and political factors that affect sex workers' lives and how they intersect with gender, sexuality, and other forms of oppression.
Queer Kinship Studies: Queer kinship studies examine unconventional and marginalized forms of family and kinship, including non-monogamous, polyamorous, and chosen family structures.
Queer Diaspora Studies: Queer diaspora studies explore the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people displaced from their homes and/or communities due to war, violence, persecution, or other forms of displacement.
Queer Religion Studies: Queer religion studies examine the intersections between queer identities and religious/spiritual practices, beliefs, and institutions.
Queer Performance and Media Studies: Queer performance and media studies examine the ways in which queer identities and experiences are represented and constructed in various forms of media such as art, film, music, theatre, and social media.
Queer Ethics and Politics: Queer ethics and politics explore the intersections between queer identities and social, cultural, and political movements, examining the ways in which queer people challenge and transform these conventional power structures.
LGBTQ+ history and activism: LGBTQ+ history and activism explores the historical milestones, struggles, and social movements aimed at challenging heteronormativity and advocating for the rights and visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals.
Queer theory and cultural studies: Queer theory and cultural studies examine the social and cultural construction of gender and sexuality, challenging normative understandings and exploring the intersections of power, identity, and resistance.
Gender and sexual identity formation: Gender and sexual identity formation explores the processes through which individuals develop their understanding, expression, and experience of their gender and sexual identities in a social and cultural context.
Queer and transracial/ethnic identity and experience: Queer and transracial/ethnic identity and experience explores the intersecting dynamics of gender and sexuality with race and ethnicity, focusing on the unique challenges and lived experiences of individuals who identify as both queer and transracial/ethnic.
Queer and trans diaspora studies: Queer and trans diaspora studies explore the experiences and identities of queer and transgender individuals who have migrated or been displaced, focusing on the intersectionality of their gender and sexual identities with their ethnic, cultural, and national backgrounds.
Queer and disability studies: Queer and disability studies examines the intersection of queer identities and experiences with disabilities, exploring the interplay of oppression and resistance within these marginalized communities.
LGBTQ+ health and wellness: LGBTQ+ health and wellness explores the unique needs and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals within the healthcare system, examining both the physical and mental well-being of this diverse community.
Queer and trans-related oppression and resistance: The topic of Queer and trans-related oppression and resistance explores the systemic discrimination, violence, and social marginalization faced by queer and trans individuals, while also highlighting their collective efforts to challenge and overcome these injustices.
Queer ecology and environmentalism: Queer ecology and environmentalism explore the intersections between gender, sexuality, and the environment, focusing on how queerness informs our understanding of ecological issues and the ways in which queers engage with environmental activism.
LGBTQ+ literature and artistic expression.: LGBTQ+ literature and artistic expression represents the diverse experiences, identities, and struggles of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals, using storytelling and artistic mediums as a means of exploration, empowerment, and cultural representation.
"most influential in the 1970s and early 1980s, primarily in North America and Western Europe"
"arose out of dissatisfaction with the New Left, the Campaign for Homosexual Equality, sexism within the gay liberation movement, and homophobia within popular women's movements at the time"
"Charlotte Bunch, Rita Mae Brown, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Marilyn Frye, Mary Daly, Sheila Jeffreys, Barbara Smith, Pat Parker, Margaret Sloan-Hunter, Cheryl Clarke, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, Monique Wittig, and Sara Ahmed"
"Many of the supporters of Lesbianism were actually women involved in gay liberation who were tired of the sexism and centering of gay men within the community"
"lesbian women in the mainstream women's movement who were tired of the homophobia involved in it"
"failed to incorporate the issues of class and race as sources of oppression along with heterosexuality"
"lesbians were and always have been 'the heart of the women's movement'"
"sexism within the gay liberation movement" and "homophobia within popular women's movements"
"encourages women to focus their efforts, attentions, relationships, and activities towards their fellow women rather than men"
"lesbian women in the mainstream women's movement who were tired of the homophobia involved in it"
"dissatisfaction with the New Left, the Campaign for Homosexual Equality, sexism within the gay liberation movement, and homophobia within popular women's movements at the time"
"Mary Daly, Sheila Jeffreys, and Barbara Smith were key thinkers"
"primarily in North America and Western Europe"
"failed to incorporate the issues of class and race as sources of oppression along with heterosexuality"
"Many of the supporters of Lesbianism were actually women involved in gay liberation who were tired of the sexism and centering of gay men within the community"
"Monique Wittig, and Sara Ahmed"
"lesbian women in the mainstream women's movement who were tired of the homophobia involved in it"
"sexism within the gay liberation movement, and homophobia within popular women's movements"
"failed to incorporate the issues of class and race as sources of oppression along with heterosexuality"