Section: Week 13 | Intro Gender Sexuality Studies - bmc.GSST.B108.001.F26

Section outline

Queer Families, Theory, and Feminism

November 24 Queer Arguments about Assimilation.

Read:

John D’Emilio, Capitalism and Gay Identity, p. 250-258.

Michael Warner, "Normal and Normaller: Beyond Gay Marriage" in Gay and Lesbian Quarterly, 5:2 (1999), 119-171

"Sex Panic Opposes Gay Assimilations" and "Gay Families as the Families We Choose" [It is in the same PDF titled "Sexual Identities and Family Matters"]

Due: Reading Summary of "Normal and Normaller" OR of either "Sex Panic" or Kath Weston, "Love Makes a Family"
- Select activity John D’Emilio, Capitalism and Gay Identity
  
  John D’Emilio, Capitalism and Gay Identity File PDF
  
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- Select activity Michael Warner, "Normal and Normaller: Beyond Gay Marriage"
  
  Michael Warner, "Normal and Normaller: Beyond Gay Marriage" File PDF
  
  Students must
  
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- Select activity Sexual Identities and Family Matters
  
  Sexual Identities and Family Matters File PDF
  
  Students must
  
  Mark as done
  
  1.6 MB · Uploaded 08/29/26, 02:59
- Select activity Reading Summary of "Normal and Normaller" OR "Sex Panic" or "Love Makes a Family"
  
  Reading Summary of "Normal and Normaller" OR "Sex Panic" or "Love Makes a Family" Assignment
  
  Opens: Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:49 AM
  
  Due: Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 8:00 PM