LGBT Studies at Yale University

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies (LGBTS) at Yale promotes innovative interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching on the historical and contemporary experience of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered people. It also fosters critical analysis of queer and normative sexualities, the formation of sexual and gender minorities, and the role of sexuality in culture and politics across the world. It has a national and international reputation for its faculty, lecturers, fellowships, prizes, and symposia.

As an interdisciplinary committee, LGBTS organizes and co-sponsors scholarly lectures, conferences, film screenings, and other events; provides research grants to faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates; co-sponsors the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Graduate Colloquium; and works closely with Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) to coordinate LGBTS course offerings. From 2001-2006, a generous gift from a donor allowed LGBTS to establish and oversee the Larry Kramer Initiative, which hosted a wide array of public programs on LGBT issues and strengthened LGBTS at Yale. Today LGBTS has a 15-member faculty committee, a faculty chair, and a full-time Program Manager.

To receive timely e-mail announcements of our events, grant competitions, and other LGBTS matters, please send a request to be put on our announcement list to the LGBTS Program Manager, John-Albert Moseley.  Write "Announcement list" in the subject header.  We promise not to flood your inbox. 

Attend the WGSS & LGBTS Anniversaries Reunion Conference celebrating 30 years of innovative scholarship at Yale. April  16-18, 2010. Click here for the full detials.

COHEN and FLAGS Grant applications are due on Monday, February 8th. Click here form more information and full details of the grants.

The Overflowing of Friendship: Love between Men and the Creation of the American Republic. Richard Godbeer, University of Miami. Monday, February 8, 5 pm. HGS 211. Sponsored by the Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexuality.  Click here for more information.

Beyond Recognition, David Spade, Seattle University School of Law. Monday, February 8, 4:30 pm. Faculty Lounge. Sponsored by the Yale Law School. Click here for more information.

The Geisha in G.I. Khakis: Treachery, Homophobia, and Orientalism in a Cold War Trial. Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University. Thursday, March 4, 5 pm HGS 211. Sponsored by the Yale Research initiative on the History of Sexuality. Click here for more information.

For a full listing of our current and past events, visit our calendar page.