The College of Ethnic Studies developed the Minor in Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies to draw from the expertise of our faculty, and to address the demand of our current students, our alumni, and our future students. We see this minor as preparing students for post-graduate study, and for work in a variety of fields, including health care, social work, education, the private sector, and the non-profit sector.
Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary field, emergent since the late 1980s; it brings into sharp focus the history and diversity of genders and sexualities in communities of color; with specific attention on the LGBTQ+ population.
San Francisco has long been heralded as a city that embraces the wide-ranging diversity of its varied populations. In this regard, San Francisco has been seen as a haven that has for many years attracted a large gay, lesbian, and transgender population, and is popularly known as the “Gay Mecca.” This sexual diversity has not been limited to the highly visible white gay and lesbian population in the city. Communities of color also have been a central, yet often underrecognized segment of this diverse population. The Minor in Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies strives to shed light on the history and contemporary status of queer communities of color. Moreover, the minor underscores how queer of color theory — seeing the world through a queer of color lens — can create revolutionary change for a more just and equitable world.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Identify the histories and identities of LGBTQ+, Two-Spirit, and Gender Non-Conforming (GNC) people of color and indigenous people.
- Apply the concept of intersectionality to the analysis of gender-oppressed people of color and indigenous people, such as women of color, queers of color, Two-Spirit peoples, and transgender people of color.
- Interpret cultural production by and about QoC, and the ways it expresses agency of oppressed peoples and/or challenges social inequalities.
- Analyze social movements in the contestation of social hierarchies based on race, gender, sexuality.
- Analyze race, gender, and sexuality as co-constitutive identities and recognize both marked and unmarked categories of identity.
Minor in Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies – 12 units
A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.
All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Core Requirements (6 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select One: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Ethnic Studies | ||
| Critical Thinking and the Ethnic Studies Experience | ||
| RRS/SXS 380 | Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies | 3 |
Foundational Gender and Sexuality Studies (3 units)
Select One:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SXS/SOC 110 | Sexuality in Society | 3 |
| SXS 300 | Introduction to Human Sexuality | 3 |
| WGS 200 | Introduction to Women and Gender Studies | 3 |
Gender and Sexuality in Communities of Color (3 units)
Select One:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AA S 584 | Asian American Sexualities | 3 |
| AIS/WGS 420 | Native Genders and Feminism | 3 |
| AIS/SXS/WGS 440 | Native Sexualities and Queer Discourse | 3 |
| LTNS 350 | Gender and Latina/x Feminisms | 3 |
| LTNS/WGS 445 | Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization | 3 |
| LTNS/WGS 505 | Gender, Sexuality, and Latino Communities | 3 |
| RRS 280 | Disrupting Science Fiction: Race, Gender, and Alternative Futures | 3 |
| RRS 304 | Decolonize Your Diet: Food Justice and Gendered Labor in Communities of Color | 3 |
| RRS/SXS 460/COUN 450 | HIV and AIDS Impacts and Resistance Among Communities of Color | 3 |
| RRS 571 | Women, Race, and Class | 3 |
| RRS 375 | Queer Arabs in the U.S. | 3 |
| RRS 640 | Race and Sexual Migration | 3 |