Since its inception as Women’s Studies in 1991, WGSS has become a space for intersectional, multidisciplinary, and transnational inquiry, urging students to critically examine power, privilege, inequality in all their forms. We offer a WGSS major, minor, and graduate certificate, as well as an LGBT Studies/Queer Studies minor.

Our program draws its vibrancy from the dynamic global energy of Houston, one of the most diverse cities in the world. We celebrate the brilliance of Houston’s diverse communities while challenging students to explore the ways that their intersectional identities—shaped by gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, dis/ability, citizenship and more—inform their realities and the lives of those around them. 

We challenge students to understand how categories of gender, sexuality, race, class, dis/ability, and citizenship have shaped not only their own lives but also the lives of people in their communities and around the world.

WGSS/FWS Studies Timeline