Queer studies, sexual diversity studies, or LGBT studies is the study of issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity usually focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender dysphoria, asexual, queer, questioning, intersex people and cultures.
Originally centered on LGBT history and literary theory, the field has expanded to include the academic study of issues raised in biology, sociology, mental illness, anthropology, the history of science, philosophy, psychology, sexology, political science, ethics, and other fields by an examination of the identity, lives, history, and perception of queer people.
Queer studies is not the same as queer theory, which is an analytical viewpoint within queer studies (centered on literary studies and philosophy) that challenges the putatively “socially constructed” categories of sexual identity.
See also: Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands
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- Stampboards: “Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of The Coral Sea” stamps
- Stampboards: LGBTQ History & Culture in Philately and on Stamps Discussion
- Stamp Community: The Gay Kingdom Of The Coral Sea.
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