| 1 | Introduction to course | |
| 2 | Medicalization, social construction, and the "birth of the homosexual" | |
| 3 | Constructing and deconstructing gender—the "truth" of sex | |
| 4 | Medical science, history, and theories of gender and sexual identity | First response paper due |
| 5 | Breaking binary categories of identity | |
| 6 | The repressive hypothesis, censorship, and the Hollywood production code | |
| 7 | Intersections: Race, sexuality, and gender in literature | |
| 8 | Stonewall, marriage, and the closet | Second response paper due |
| 9 | Representing bisexuality (vs. queer) | Discussion of final project topics |
| 10 | Performativity, drag, and gender identity | |
| 11 | Gender, sexuality and racial identities | |
| 12 and 13 | Presentation of final projects | Final projects due |
