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Queer Lives, Queer Histories is a six-week introduction to queer and trans histories, cultures, and ways of thinking, designed especially for those who are newly out or who have had limited access to LGBTQIA knowledge and community. Many of us were educated in environments where queerness appeared only as an insult, a joke, or not at all, leaving us without a shared sense of history, language, or lineage. This course begins from that gap.
Together, we will read foundational texts from queer and trans writers, tracing how queer communities have formed and survived across time. We will pay particular attention to the issue of difference within queer communities, examining what forms of community, resistance, and expression emerge from those differences.
This course is not a comprehensive survey but an invitation: to situate yourself within longer histories of queerness, to encounter voices and frameworks that may resonate or challenge what you think queerness is, and to begin building a sense of connection to queer worlds past and present.
Selected readings include portions of the following works:
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (1984)
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1987)
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski (2011) & more!
Virtual Seminars: Dates will be set collaboratively once the class enrollment fills according to everyone’s schedules.
Enrollment is limited to maintain the intimacy and rigor of discussion. When we are fully enrolled, we will work with participants to find the best available date.
Format: Meets once per week for 1.5 hours on Zoom for 6 weeks (live, discussion-based).
Capacity: 7–15 participants max to maintain an intimate learning environment.
Structure: Reading- and discussion-based; participants are expected to complete assigned readings between sessions.
Reflections: Participants are asked to email a brief reflection after each class to cultivate a closer, more engaged relationship with the instructor and enhance discussion in subsequent sessions.
Certificate of Completion: Participants who attend all sessions and submit their reflections will receive a Certificate of Completion acknowledging their engagement in the seminar. This is not academic credit, but a record of your participation and learning.
A $100 non-refundable deposit reserves your spot. This deposit is applied toward your chosen tier price, and the remaining balance is due two weeks before the first session in order to receive the Zoom link and syllabus.
Premium $550 ($450 after deposit) Participants who can comfortably pay more and are willing to subsidize the space for others.
Standard $450 ($350 after deposit) Typical rate for most participants who can pay but not at the top tier.
Accessible $350 ($250 after deposit) Participants with limited financial resources.
Scholarship: Email us if you are interested in a seminar but financially constrained, we will work with you to ensure you can participate.
Queer Lives, Queer Histories is a six-week introduction to queer and trans histories, cultures, and ways of thinking, designed especially for those who are newly out or who have had limited access to LGBTQIA knowledge and community. Many of us were educated in environments where queerness appeared only as an insult, a joke, or not at all, leaving us without a shared sense of history, language, or lineage. This course begins from that gap.
Together, we will read foundational texts from queer and trans writers, tracing how queer communities have formed and survived across time. We will pay particular attention to the issue of difference within queer communities, examining what forms of community, resistance, and expression emerge from those differences.
This course is not a comprehensive survey but an invitation: to situate yourself within longer histories of queerness, to encounter voices and frameworks that may resonate or challenge what you think queerness is, and to begin building a sense of connection to queer worlds past and present.
Selected readings include portions of the following works:
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (1984)
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1987)
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski (2011) & more!
Virtual Seminars: Dates will be set collaboratively once the class enrollment fills according to everyone’s schedules.
Enrollment is limited to maintain the intimacy and rigor of discussion. When we are fully enrolled, we will work with participants to find the best available date.
Format: Meets once per week for 1.5 hours on Zoom for 6 weeks (live, discussion-based).
Capacity: 7–15 participants max to maintain an intimate learning environment.
Structure: Reading- and discussion-based; participants are expected to complete assigned readings between sessions.
Reflections: Participants are asked to email a brief reflection after each class to cultivate a closer, more engaged relationship with the instructor and enhance discussion in subsequent sessions.
Certificate of Completion: Participants who attend all sessions and submit their reflections will receive a Certificate of Completion acknowledging their engagement in the seminar. This is not academic credit, but a record of your participation and learning.
A $100 non-refundable deposit reserves your spot. This deposit is applied toward your chosen tier price, and the remaining balance is due two weeks before the first session in order to receive the Zoom link and syllabus.
Premium $550 ($450 after deposit) Participants who can comfortably pay more and are willing to subsidize the space for others.
Standard $450 ($350 after deposit) Typical rate for most participants who can pay but not at the top tier.
Accessible $350 ($250 after deposit) Participants with limited financial resources.
Scholarship: Email us if you are interested in a seminar but financially constrained, we will work with you to ensure you can participate.