The Center and Program

GSWS/FQT is the premier site for scholarship on gender and sexuality at the University of Pennsylvania. Through the GSWS Program, our undergraduate major and minor and graduate certificate attract students across all disciplines. Through the FQT Center, we provide a home for sharing research, artistic and activist work related to queer, feminist and trans studies.

Upcoming Events

To Secure These Rights:

150 Year of Women at Penn

While women have been associated with the University of Pennsylvania from its…
Diehter-Student protest, Women's Liberation-1970 Mar 17

Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival

Between November 5 and 15, 2026, The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival…
film festival

Transdisciplinarity Now

Research in Feminist, Queer, & Trans Studies

Bringing together current visiting scholars, this roundtable discussion explores…
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GSWS/FQT News

travel funding

NWSA Student Travel Fund

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student going to NWSA?

The Greater Philadelphia Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Consortium provides funding to students who are traveling to the National Women’s Studies Association Conference or are conducting research.

Visit https://tinyurl.com/3xe7tky3 to apply for funding!

Contact GPWSC2@gmail.com for more information.

 

[CALL FOR PAPERS] 2027 Penn Graduate Conference in GSWS

From its very inception, the field of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies was closely related to local and global struggles for social justice. Feminist and queer theorists have analyzed the social construction of identity categories across history, challenging dominant ideologies that stigmatized individuals and communities on the basis of gender and sexuality, as well as race, class, and other factors. In recent years, we are witnessing a powerful backlash that targets not only non-heteronormative individuals, but also the critical research on gender and sexuality in academia.