Teaching queer studies

Abstract

This chapter considers the teaching of queer studies in the tertiary classroom, based on twenty years of teaching queer studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Queer studies is presented as a useful addition to an understanding of diversity and to implementing and teaching human rights in the tertiary classroom. The article includes a discussion of the New Zealand background on homosexuality and human rights, and includes practical exercises and explanations of intersectionality for use in classroom settings, as well as recommendations for future research. © 2010 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.