Psychology of Queer Issues
PSYC 327
Spring 2025
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While the LGBTQ+ community itself, and acceptance of LGBTQ+ community, have increased over the course of history, members of the community continue to have unique interpersonal experiences and experience bias at both the individual and systemic level. This course will cover major perspectives that aim to provide interdisciplinary insights into our understanding of the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. Topics for this course will include psychological theories that can contribute to widely held perceptions and attitudes about the LGBTQ+ community, the role of ideologies, as well as intersectional perspectives that provide a more wholistic understanding of the queer experience. Additionally, this course will also discuss how the issues faced by LGBTQ+ people may not only stem from outside the community, but also within the LGBTQ+ community, and the unique consequences these may have. Through reading and discussion of theoretical and experimental research, we will analyze and learn the perspectives that researchers use to understand the experience of LGBTQ+ people, while also considering the social implications that can come from our current psychological understanding about the queer experience. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PSYC |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (PSYC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Rule, N. O., Ambady, N., & Hallett, K. C. (2009). Female sexual orientation is perceived accurately, rapidly, and automatically from the face and its features. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(6), 1245-1251.
Freeman, J. B., Johnson, K. L., Ambady, N., & Rule, N. O. (2010). Sexual orientation perception involves gendered facial cues. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36(10), 1318-1331.
Beam, A. J., & Wellman, J. D. (2024). The consequences of prototypicality: Testing the prejudice distribution account of bias toward gay men. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 11(1), 79.
Petsko, C. D., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2019). Racial stereotyping of gay men: Can a minority sexual orientation erase race?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 83, 37-54.
Walker, J. N. J., Golub, S. A., Bimbi, D. S., & Parsons, J. T. (2012). Butch bottom¿femme top? An exploration of lesbian stereotypes. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 16(1), 90-107.
Kirby, T. A., Merritt, S. K., Baillie, S., Malahy, L. W., & Kaiser, C. R. (2021). Combating bisexual erasure: The correspondence of implicit and explicit sexual identity. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(8), 1415-1424.
Howansky, K., Wilton, L. S., Young, D. M., Abrams, S., & Clapham, R. (2021). (Trans) gender stereotypes and the self: Content and consequences of gender identity stereotypes. Self and Identity, 20(4), 478-495
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Diamond, L. M., Pardo, S. T., & Butterworth, M. R. (2011). Transgender experience and identity. Handbook of identity theory and research, 629-647.
Truszczynski, N., Singh, A. A., & Hansen, N. (2022). The discrimination experiences and coping responses of non-binary and trans people. Journal of homosexuality, 69(4), 741-755.
Wellman, J. D., Beam, A. J., Wilkins, C. L., Newell, E. E., & Mendez, C. A. (2021). Masculinity threat increases bias and negative emotions toward feminine gay men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(4), 787.
Kite, M. E., & Deaux, K. (1987). Gender belief systems: Homosexuality and the implicit inversion theory. Psychology of women quarterly, 11(1), 83-96.
Chen, J. M., Joel, S., & Castro Lingl, D. (2023). Antecedents and consequences of LGBT individuals¿ perceptions of straight allyship. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., Toosi, N. R., Miller, C. A., Lisnek, J. A., & Martin, L. A. (2022). Is LGBT progress seen as an attack on Christians?: Examining Christian/sexual orientation zero-sum beliefs. Journal of personality and social psychology, 122(1), 73.
Craig, M. A., & Richeson, J. A. (2014). Discrimination divides across identity dimensions: Perceived racism reduces support for gay rights and increases anti-gay bias. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 55, 169-174.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly class readings and summaries; Weekly class reflections; Class presentations; Final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Student should have taken one of psychology¿s required Statistic courses, either PSYC200 OR PSYC201 OR QAC201 OR ECON300 OR MATH132. |
| Instructor(s): Beam,Adam Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: JUDD113; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 15 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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