The Christian Post website reports today (October 15, 2011) that California State University (CSU)-Fullerton this fall became the fourth California State University to offer a Queer Studies minor for its students -- causing conservatives to worry about the effects that LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) education will have on public school students.
College of Arts Associate Dean at CSU-Fullerton, John Taulli, said that the Queer Studies minor validated and empowered members of the LGBT community on campus, because they were able to see themselves reflected in the university's curriculum.
Professors and administrators believe that the minor reflects society's changing attitude toward the LGBT community.
John Ibson, American Studies professor at CSU-Fullerton, supports the Queer Studies minor, saying, "I'm happy to see the university live up to its mission as a place that is in favor of tolerance and freedom of thought and inquiry."
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Quite apart from anything else, one must wonder just how something like "Queer Studies" can be a minor. It does not sound very academic to me.
ReplyDeleteAnne,
ReplyDeleteWhile it may be difficult to believe that four California State Universities are offering a minor in "Queer Studies," the fact of the matter is that this is true.
Moreover, California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a bill into law requiring all California public schools to now teach lessons about gays and lesbians in their social studies curriculum.
Indeed, the times, they are a'changin!!!