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Concept

queer studies

Variants

Lgbtq Studies, Lgbt Studies, Lgbtq+ Studies, Lgbtqi+ Studies

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Definition

Queer studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that critically investigates categories of sex, gender, and sexuality, particularly challenging heteronormative and cisnormative frameworks. It analyzes social, cultural, political, and historical formations of identity, power, and resistance from perspectives that foreground non-normative experiences and critiques of normalization.

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