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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.

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PAST EVENTS

Aug 31

To Secure These Rights:

150 Year of Women at Penn

All day event

While women have been associated with the University of Pennsylvania from its…

Diehter-Student protest, Women's Liberation-1970 Mar 17

Nov 5

Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival

6:30 pm

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

Nov 10

Transdisciplinarity Now

Research in Feminist, Queer, & Trans Studies

12:00 - 2:00 pm

Bringing together current visiting scholars, this roundtable discussion explores…

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Call for Proposals // 2027 Screening Scholarship Media Festival (SSMF): MODES

In this year's call, we invite proposals exploring the expansive possibilities of multimodal knowledge-making. Across story, sound, image, performance, movement, media, and creative practice, we seek work that examines the diverse modes through which knowledge is created, shared, experienced, and transformed beyond traditional academic texts.

November 10, 2026

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.

October 30, 2026