CMLT 132
Sexuality and Textuality
The course serves as an introduction to gay and lesbian studies and queer theory from the perspective of literature in an international and intercultural context.
Clark University values and supports its LGBTQIA+ community members — students, faculty, and staff. On this page, you will find information and resources to help you navigate your Clark experience, on campus and beyond. Stay tuned for more information regarding future programming and other initiatives.
All students in University housing may select to live with a roommate of a different gender in accordance with the gender-inclusive housing policy. Additionally, all gendered spaces are assigned based on students’ self-identified gender.
Want to know more? Contact Amanda Cefaratti, Assistant Director for Housing Operations, at ACefaratti@clarku.edu.
View a list of gender-neutral bathrooms on Clark’s campus. The Gender-Neutral Bathroom (GNB) Project was spearheaded by Oliver McCormick ’24 and was a continuation of work started by previous student groups.
Clark recognizes that some community members wish to use a first name other than a legal first name to identify themselves. We will display a preferred first name in place of your legal first name in many, but not all, internal systems and reports.
E. Tejada III (they/them) serves in the dynamic new position of Associate Director for Gender and Sexuality in the Office for Identity, Student Engagement, and Access. Within their role, they seek to foster just and inclusive practices while advocating for equitable access and support for underrepresented communities. Additionally, their research around Trans inclusive practices on college campuses has shaped their training, presentations, and campus advocacy since 2016. Feel free to reach out to E. for questions, resources, or ways to get engaged with LGBTQIA+ efforts at Clark.
The Trans and Gender Diverse Support and Discussion Group provides an affinity space for those that are trans (binary or non-binary), gender diverse, and/or navigating or questioning aspects of their gender. Each session is co-facilitated by students and staff in seeking to provide access to a trans-inclusive community at Clark.
This group provides an affinity space for BIPOC students who are LGBTQIA+ or are questioning their gender and sexuality. We will engage in conversations around intersections of identity, support one another, and build community; each session is co-facilitated by students and staff.
Prism serves LGBTQIA+ students at Clark and is dedicated to improving support and awareness within the community. Prism holds annual events throughout the school year such as Coming Out Stories, Trans Day of Remembrance, and Pride Prom. Additionally, Prism provides services for students: a queer library, clothing swap, and a binder exchange.
Clark University was on the forefront of the gay liberation movement in the 1970s. A course on the subject, one of the first in the country, was offered in 1975; a student group also was active that year, and the University hosted a major conference in gay studies in 1976. “Queering Clark,” a 2019 exhibit, highlighted Clark’s LGBTQIA+ heritage from the 1970s to the present. Moving forward in 2021, Screen Studies Professor Rox Samer brought micha cárdenas, Zackary Drucker, and Chris E. Vargas to campus for the Higgins School of Humanities event on “Trans Media and Its Futures.”
Interested in career resources for LGBTQIA+ students?
Class of 2021 Senior Week activities include Clark’s second annual Lavender Celebration
Higgins School event includes nationally renowned guests for panel discussion on present and future state of transgender media
Professor emeritus discusses his journey as a gay man in the 1950s, ’60s
Professor Goldberg’s work takes interdisciplinary, intersectional approach
Professor honored for preserving stories of ‘marginalized and unrecognized’ communities
Professor Elizabeth Blake’s research and teaching focuses on modernism, also specializes in food, gender, and sexuality studies
CMLT 132
The course serves as an introduction to gay and lesbian studies and queer theory from the perspective of literature in an international and intercultural context.
SCRN 288
This course will explore how cinema has participated in the construction, deconstruction, and reimagining of gender across its history, reading examples of early feminist film theory.
HIST 212
Covers the history of sexuality from 1750-present focusing on Western Europe. Examine how different societies and times determined what was licit and illicit sexual behavior.
ENG 139
From the coded sighs of “the love that dare not speak its name” to the out and proud writers of the present moment, this course traces a non-linear history of literary engagement with queerness.
GERM 230
In this course, we will investigate the emergence of modern sexual discourses in the nineteenth-century German-speaking world.
PSYC 143
This course examines contemporary knowledge and attitudes towards human sexuality, relying on theoretical and empirical psychological research.
ENG 264
The Victorian period was full of writers addressing what we now consider themes of “queer” sexuality and gender. Often, however, these themes have gone unrecognized.
CMLT 233
What happens when we think of sexuality, with all of its transgressive and individualistic energies, in terms of rationally established universal human rights?
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