These are topic options, with suggestions as to issues you might want to take up. But the actual direction you choose to go in is up to you. The names in the reading refer to the bibliography at the end of this syllabus, which is meant to provide materials to get you going. You do not have to read then straight through. Butler, Fausto-Sterling 2.
Some people claim gender identities that are apparently at odds with their biological sex.
Gay and Lesbian Identities Gays and Lesbians in the United States have become involved in a joint movement for homosexual rights. Garber, Stein 5. The system of racial classification in the United States is widely agreed to be based in misunderstanding of human biology. Appiah, Frankenberg, Roediger 7. Sollors, Waters 8.