title: Teaching lesbian studies.
abstract: Editorial Note: This essay on teaching lesbian studies is the first submission in a new feature in the Journal of Homosexuality, aimed at providing guidance to students and faculty who wish to teach courses in LGBT studies or to learn about basic concepts in the field such as minority stress, coming out models, heterosexism, etc. Esther D. Rothblum starts us out on this mission with her experiences teaching a course in lesbian studies. We encourage commentary on this piece and submissions about other experiences in teaching or introductions to basic concepts in sexuality and gender studies.    This article describes teaching an upper-level undergraduate course on lesbian studies. It focuses on the types of students likely to enroll in this course, key aspects of gender identity and sexual orientation to be included, national and international issues to be discussed, and potential readings.
authors.affiliation: Women's Studies Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA. erothblu@mail.sdsu.edu
authors.forename: Esther D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Rothblum
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching; D014495:Universities