Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, Binghamton University

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Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, Binghamton University

A transdisciplinary program at Binghamton University, exploring gender and its relation to other axe

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies [WGSS] is a transdisciplinary program for students who wish to explore gender and its relation to other axes of power, such as race, class, ethnicity, nationality, religion, and sexuality. WGSS covers a variety of theoretical and empirical scholarship both within traditional disciplines, and in transdisciplinary frames in the humanities, social sciences, and na

tural sciences. The program is committed to critical perspectives and bodies of knowledge that contribute to possibilities for transformation and change. WGSS courses emphasize participatory education in which student involvement, critical thinking, and personal insight are encouraged and made relevant in the learning process. Faculty from a variety of disciplines offer regular courses in WGSS. Each semester the WGSS program publishes a list of courses relevant to the program. Internships and special projects in local agencies are also possible under the supervision of the program’s director.

10/31/2025

Our article "Sex-Positive HIV Prevention Messages: A Case Study From the Early Years of the Epidemic" just came out in the American Journal of Public Health! Congrats Casey Adrian, LMSW (WGSS major), Julia Haager, PhD, and Eden Lowinger, LMSW (all Binghamton alums)!

Beginning with the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, community-led le***an, gay, bis*xual, and transgender health organizations created prevention materials that affirmed and celebrated gay identity, positing safer s*x as a radical method of keeping their communities healthy and...

10/02/2025

Check out this wonderful story by Jennifer Micale about the "GMHC Stories Oral History Project" and our recent article in The Oral History Review.
And remember that GMHC is still here, continuing their important work! To read more about GMHC's impact, go here: https://gmhc.org/impact/

Students and researchers with the Human Sexualities Lab interviewed 120 people, assembled an archive and bridged a generational divide -

09/05/2025

WOMEN, GENDER, SEXUALITY STUDIES (WGSS) MIXER
Join our WGSS community in celebrating the beginning of the academic year!
We will have food and beverages!
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH (Today!)
3:30PM - 5:00PM
LN 2408

11/03/2024

Women, Gender, & Sexualities Studies (WGSS) Program invites you to our Brown Bag Speaker Series on Friday November 8th at noon in the Alpern Conference Room, LN2200. This month’s speaker is Diah Irawaty, Graduate Student in Anthropology, who will be presenting: “Negotiating Power Through Money and Gifts: Indonesian Female Domestic Workers and Transformative Motherhood”

04/24/2024

WGSS alum and soon to be MSW Casey Adrian!

Casey Adrian will graduate with his master’s in social work during Commencement this year. Involved with the Human Sexualities Research Lab, he has worked with Prof. Sean Massey on an oral history collection of former GMHC members donated to the NYPL.

04/19/2024

“SEX TRAFFICKING IN HISTORY”

Women, Gender, & Sexualities Studies
Brown Bag Speaker Series

Dr. Elisa Camiscioli
Associate Professor, Department of History
and WGSS

April 19th (Today) at noon
Alpern Conference Room LN2200

03/15/2024

Join us today at Noon In the Alpern Conference Room (LN 2200) for the first speaker in our Brown Bag Lunch Speaker Series. Deborah Elliston will be presenting "Navigating “Race” at Tahiti: Polynesian and European Encounters." (feel free to bring your lunch + some refreshments will also be served!)

06/15/2023

Dr. Sean G. Massey’s research focus intersects with contemporary social justice issues.

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P. O. Box 6000
Binghamton, NY
13902

Website

http://www.binghamton.edu/wgss

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