UCL Queer Community College Politics

<p>Terms like queer, heteronormativity, homonationalism, and pinkwashing are widely used, but where do they come from and what do they actually mean? How can these critical concepts help us to make sense of ourselves and the world around us? How might a queer approach shed light on ways that gender and sexuality intersect with class, race, patriarchy, disability and colonialism? For LGBTQ+ history month, take a deep dive into key ideas from queer theory, identities, politics, activism. Classes will comprise discussion, reading, and creative practice. </p>

<p>Terms like queer, heteronormativity, homonationalism, and pinkwashing are widely used, but where do they come from and what do they actually mean? How can these critical concepts help us to make sense of ourselves and the world around us? How might a queer approach shed light on ways that gender and sexuality intersect with class, race, patriarchy, disability and colonialism? For LGBTQ+ history month, take a deep dive into key ideas from queer theory, identities, politics, activism. Classes will comprise discussion, reading, and creative practice. </p>

<p>You don’t need any prior knowledge to participate, just a sense of curiosity and an open mind <br />
<strong>Reading lists and resources will be available each week for those who wish to explore these ideas further.</strong></p>

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<p>This session will explore the broader political and social structures with which queer identities are entangled. If whiteness, heteronormativity, patriarchy, colonialism, capitalism and cis-normativity assume dominance, then queering allows us to see these categories as normative, and not fixed. How is our existence as queer people shaped by these norms, and how can we navigate and resist them? How are social forces such as capitalism and geopolitics implicated in defining and policing queer lives? </p>