"The study of topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity usually focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender dysphoria, asexual, queer, questioning, intersex people and cultures."
The examination of the intersection between queer identities and race.
Queer Theory: The study of gender and sexuality beyond a heteronormative framework.
Intersectionality: The interconnectedness of different forms of oppression.
Critical Race Theory: The examination of race through a social, cultural, and political lens.
Gender Studies: The study of gender identity and expression.
Sexuality Studies: The study of sexual identity and behavior.
Colonialism: The impact of colonialism on people of color, particularly in relation to gender and sexuality.
Postcolonialism: The study of the lingering effects of colonialism on cultural, social, and economic systems.
Transgender Studies: The study of individuals whose gender identity does not align with the sex assigned at birth.
Feminism: The study of gender-based oppression and activism to resist it.
African American Studies: The study of the experiences of people of African descent in the US and around the world.
Latinx Studies: The study of the experiences of people of Latin American descent in the US and around the world.
Asian American Studies: The study of the experiences of people of Asian descent in the US and around the world.
Native American Studies: The study of the experiences of Indigenous peoples in the US and around the world.
Racism and Anti-racism: The study of racialized power relations and the work to dismantle them.
Black Queer Studies: The study of the intersection of race and queerness in Black identity and culture.
Queer of Color Critique: An approach to Queer Studies that analyzes the interplay of race, sexuality, and gender within minority communities.
Queer Diaspora Studies: A subfield of Queer Studies that looks at how queerness travels across borders and between cultures and nations.
Queer Transnational Feminism: Focuses on the intersection of queer and feminist thought in a global context, often looking at gender and sexual politics beyond the borders of the United States.
Queer Indigenous Studies: An examination of the experiences of Indigenous communities that are both queer and non-heterosexual.
Queer Marxist Theory: An approach to Queer Studies that examines how capitalism shapes the lives of queer people and how queerness might be used as a tool of resistance.
Queer Psychoanalytic Theory: A theoretical framework in which psychoanalytic theory is used to explore queer identity.
Queer Disability Studies: Focuses on the intersection of queerness and disability, exploring how disability shapes queer experiences and vice versa.
Queer Postcolonial Studies: Examines the intersection of queer theory and postcolonial theory, exploring how colonization has impacted queer identities, communities, and politics.
Queer Performance Studies: Focused on the study of queer representations in live and mediated performances (film, theater, dance).
Queer Religious Studies: Investigates the intersection of queer identity and religious belief, exploring how religious institutions have both excluded and embraced queer people.
Queer Sexuality Studies: Focused on the study of queer sexual practices and identities, often with a focus on sexual subcultures.
Queer Cultural Studies: Examines the relationship between queerness and popular culture, exploring how cultural products reflect and influence queer identities and communities.
Queer Anthropology: An interdisciplinary field that examines the cross-cultural variation of gender and sexuality, also examining queer communities and social movements in various cultures.
Queer Historical Studies: A subfield of Queer Studies that looks at the history of queer people, communities, and movements, and how that history has been shaped by social and political forces.
Queer Legal Studies: Explores the intersection of queerness, law, and legal systems, examining how legal decisions shape queer lives and experiences.
Queer Media Studies: Examines how media and technology impact queer identities, representation and visibility, in a variety of media forms including web, print and media.
Queer Sociology: Explores the social construction of sexuality and gender identity, investigates the manifestation of sexuality, and also how sexuality intersects with race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
Queer Politics: Focuses on the politics of queer identity and communities, examining the activism, conceptualization and mobilization of queer identity in today's world.
Queer Environmental Studies: Focuses on the intersection between queer identity and environmentalism, research on how queer identities and environmental concerns intersect.
Queer Economic Studies: Examines the intersection of economics and queer identity, exploring how capitalism impacts queer lives and how queer communities might create alternative economic systems.
"The field has expanded to include the academic study of issues raised in archaeology, sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, the history of science, philosophy, psychology, sexology, political science, ethics, and other fields."
"An examination of the identity, lives, history, and perception of being queer."
"Queer studies is not the same as queer theory, which is an analytical viewpoint within queer studies (centered on literary studies and philosophy) that challenges the existence of 'socially constructed' categories of sexual identity."
"Originally centered on LGBT history and literary theory."
"Archaeology, sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, the history of science, philosophy, psychology, sexology, political science, ethics, and other fields."
"Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender dysphoria, asexual, queer, questioning, intersex people and cultures."
"The examination of the identity, lives, history, and perception of being queer."
"Sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, the history of science, philosophy, psychology, sexology, political science, ethics, and other fields."
"Issues raised in archaeology, sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, the history of science, philosophy, psychology, sexology, political science, ethics, and other fields."
"Originally centered on LGBT history and literary theory, the field has expanded..."
"Queer studies, sexual diversity studies, or LGBT studies..."
"The study of topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity."
"Queer theory... challenges the existence of 'socially constructed' categories of sexual identity."
"Literary studies and philosophy."
"The study of topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity usually focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender dysphoria, asexual, queer, questioning, intersex people and cultures."
"The examination of the identity, lives, history, and perception of being queer."
"The field has expanded to include the academic study of issues raised in archaeology, sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, the history of science, philosophy, psychology, sexology, political science, ethics, and other fields."
"Issues raised in archaeology, sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, the history of science, philosophy, psychology, sexology, political science, ethics, and other fields."
"The study of topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity..."