ProgramCIP 05.0208

Gay/Lesbian Studies

A program that focuses on homosexuality in history, society, politics, and cultural life; usually with an emphasis on the modern emergence of gays and lesbians as a sociocultural minority movement, the identification of social, literary, and artistic themes and the definition of, and public policy and legal issues surrounding, the gay and lesbian community.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).