Major:
Gay/Lesbian Studies Major
Description: A program that focuses on homosexuality in history, society, politics, and cultural life; usually with an emphasis on the modern emergence of gays and lesbians as a sociocultural minority movement, the identification of social, literary, and artistic themes and the definition of, and public policy and legal issues surrounding, the gay and lesbian community.
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History |
Human Sexuality |
LGBT Studies |
Literature |
Psychology |
Sociology |
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