Queer Studies minor at Cal Poly recognized on Mustang News!

After years of development, the Women’s and Gender Studies department celebrated the launch of the new Queer Studies minor Oct. 4.

The Women’s and Gender Studies Department held a launch party for the Queer Studies minor in the atrium of Robert E. Kennedy Library. Students and faculty filled the space, with many crowding on the floor where various contributors to the development of the minor spoke about the new program, available Fall 2017.

“Our goal with the queer studies minor is to  … provide students with hands-on experience serving as leaders in the creation, enactment, and evaluation of efforts to create more inclusive, just and equitable Cal Poly and world,” Women’s and Gender Studies Department Chair Jane Lehr said.

Lehr said this minor has been in development for years. The effort of the Women’s and Gender Studies faculty was necessary, but so was the dedication of students.

“It’s the Queer Studies Working Group, which was created by two students initially, that brings us here,” Lehr said. “It’s not about me; it’s not even about just the department. It’s about all of us.”

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