1.Explain how critical race scholars and activists expand queer theory? Use 2 examples from the text to back up your response. Guiding pages 188-199 for the physical copy. For online versions, check out subsections: New Avenues for Queer Theory, Queers of color theory, Queer Theory’s Geopolitical Turn. & Queer Indigenous Studies.
2. Why is it important to incorporate intersectionality into queer theory for community activism and political organizing? QTN Ch. 7 guiding pages 182-187, 207-209. For online versions, check out subsections: An Intersectional Approach to Queer Theory, Queerness, Disability, and Debility, & the Conclusion.
Question 3 & 4 focus on Punks, Bulldaggers, & Welfare Queens answer each with four to six sentences
In-text citation: (Cohen, pg. #)
3. Please explain Cathy Cohen’s summary of queer politics in your own words and why it is significant. Guiding pages: 437-444
4. Cohen asserts that queer activists cannot entirely view heterosexual people as the enemy. She urges us to understand the complexities of heteronormativity and those who are the power elite. Summarize one of the examples she uses in her piece and then explain how this example is important to know when engaging in queer politics and intersectional activism. Guiding pages 452-457
The following should be brief no more than 4 sentences.
5. What topic(s) were you uncertain about at the beginning of the week, and how did the lecture help you explore the topic(s)?
6. What did you learn by the end of the week and how did it impact your personal views and beliefs?