HIST 30683 History of Queer America
People who identify as queer have been integral to the history of the United States. We will examine the history of the US with attention to the experience of queer people. Queer people have always existed, more openly at some times than at others. We will trace the shifts in the ways that queer people have interacted with the public sphere and how American attitudes toward queerness have changed over centuries. We will examine primary sources--the actual words of the time. From those sources, the student makes an unfiltered connection to the people of the past.