LGBTQ+ Acculturation, Public Mourning, and the Role of Religion In Movements for Equity

(1 Credit)

This course explores the process of LGBTQ acculturation in the United States, particularly from the 1970s through the present day. The class will pay special attention to the roles religion and public mourning have played in delimiting the boundaries of sexual and gender minority acculturation. The course will consider how prominent LGBTQ activists used religion and public memorialization to bolster their arguments for social inclusion and how religion has shaped the parameters of social acceptance in the United States. We will also examine how prominent deaths, public mourning, and religion have influenced other movements for equity among racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States.