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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

WGST 519 LGBTQ+ History


An exploration of the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the United States from contact to the present. Topics include two-spirit and intersex people, sexologists and the rise of a homosexual identity, movements for the rights of sexual minorities like Stonewall, and gender identity.

Often cross-listed with HIST 519 , HIST 415 ​, and WGST 415 

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall (in-person/hybrid, hyflex, or online) or Winter (in-person/hybrid, hyflex, or online)

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Degree Type - Graduate standing

Equivalent Course(s) - HIST 415, HIST 513, WGST 415, HIST 519
Course History -
New Course 1/2020, effective Fall 2020


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