Queer Studies Has Arrived

by Michael Jones · 2009-06-03 13:20:00 UTC
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Harvard

You don't mix oil and water, and you certainly don't mix your blogging duties with your day job.  But I do want to share the news today that Harvard (a University that I have the privilege to work for, albeit completely separate from my blogging duties here) has endowed the U.S.'s first professorship dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies.  As this Guardian article points out, "queer studies has arrived" at the American university.

The endowed professorship is a gift from the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus, which launched a $1.5 million funding campaign through its membership to support the position.

Harvard President Drew Faust called it "an important milestone." And it is, which is why for this one post only, I don't mind mixing oil and water, so to speak.  Harvard now joins a host of other universities, from Rutgets to Yale to CUNY to Berkeley, with an academic focus on LGBT issues.

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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