Campus Resources for GLBT Studies

Use the campus resources below to help you pursue your interests in GLBT studies. And don't forget to take advantage of all the many resources available on the internet.

Several classes are offered each semester that address GLBT topics. Additionally, a number of faculty members are willing to work with students to develop independent reading courses that focus on areas of interest. And our guide to developing your own major or minor in GLBT studies can help you take your interest even further.

The GLBTA Resource Center Library is a wonderful resource with over 1,000 books, magazines and videos that can be checked out. Students are encouraged to drop by and see what we’ve got!

AU Library GLBT Mediagrophy - Here, you can find a list of videos with GLBT themes or content that can be found in American University’s Library. There are also short descriptions of each film.

GLBT Studies Colloquium: The purpose is to build capacity for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies at AU by creating opportunities for interdepartmental networking, learning, and showcasing of research, creative, and practice-oriented works within the American University community. This program also fits into a larger goal of establishing connections between higher education LGBT resources in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. By having students, faculty and staff present their research, ideas and other works, we reinforce the already present idea of creating a network between these resources. Sessions should be related to GLBT issues/people or to concerns around sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Proposals should come from students, faculty, or staff from universities or colleges. If possible, you are encouraged to collaborate with people from other departments or colleges/universities in your proposed session. Sessions that examine issues or include presenters of diverse and intersectional identities are encouraged. Please note that if your session is selected you will be asked to help out in bringing an audience to your session and not to rely solely on the other organizers to get a turn-out.

Interrogating Diversity - The Department of Anthropology of American University, Washington, DC, is pleased to announce its call for paper proposals for a two-day multidisciplinary conference entitled "Interrogating Diversity: Understanding Issues of Contemporary Surveillance and Policing." The conference will provide presenters the opportunity to present their research in a forum with an active and engaging audience devoted to discussion. Scholars from all fields of study - from Anthropology to Economics to Political Science - are welcome to engage in fruitful, analytical discussion centered on problematizing surveillance, policing and positioning.

Lavender Language Conference - The first Lavender Languages conference took place in 1993, in conjunction with the March on Washington DC. Through support from American University's Department of Anthropology and other academic and service programs, and now from the College of Arts and Sciences and the University Provost, the conference has become an annual event, and has attracted participants from England, Ireland, Austria, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, Brazil, Argentina, China, Japan, as well as from across the USA and Canada. Undergraduates and graduate students have an active presence in all conference activities--including presenting papers and coordinating panels and workshops, and so do activists, other members of lgbtq communities and other friends. We work hard to maintain Lav Lgs as a site open to anyone interested in lgbtq languages.