The Queer Studies program at UW was approved in 2011. The minor draws upon the strengths of various departments to introduce both undergraduate and graduate students to the history, theory, and practice of the study of sexuality with an emphasis on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer lives.
Courses encourage interdisciplinary thinking about the theoretical, historical and contemporary issues related to sexuality. Students across the disciplines may augment their primary areas of interest with the Queer Studies minor.