Paper #5: GENDER, RACE & GAY RIGHTS IN THE OBAMA ERA

PROMPT AVAILABLE: Monday November 30th
ONLINE VERSION DUE: Monday December 7th, 11:30am
FINAL VERSION DUE: Wednesday December 9th, 5:00pm

Objective: To critically examine the intersections of gender, race and LGBT rights in the modern era.

In a typed, double-spaced 6-8 page (1500-2000 word) essay, respond to the following questions:

One of the key features in the writing process is revision. I would like you to take one of your previously written papers (prompts #1, #2, #3, #4) and revise and extend it to include multiple concepts from the class.

In particular, as you again respond to the particular prompt of the paper you have chosen to revise make sure that your analysis includes references to at least four of the following course themes:

q       Hybridity

q       Intersectionality

q       Citizenship/Legitimacy 

q       Law as a social construction

q       Historical events affecting the gay community from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s or 1990s

q       Marriage (interracial, same-sex, as an institution which produces and reduces rights)

q       Racial Formations/Constructs

q       Gender Formation/Constructs

q       Binary Oppositions (and Liminality)

q       Constitutional jurisprudence (fundamental rights, strict scrutiny, rational basis, suspect classifications)

q       Contemporary gay rights controversies from the Obama Administration

q       Identity Politics/essentialism

Your paper should be published to your Googlesite by 11:30am on Monday December 7th to allow other students to read and comment on your paper, which you can then include in the final version of your paper (or assignment).

Your essay must have a clear, well-written thesis and be analytic, not merely descriptive.

REMINDERS
0) YOUR NAME SHOULD APPEAR NOWHERE ON YOUR PAPER UNTIL THE BACK OF THE VERY LAST PAGE (ON WHICH YOU CLEARLY HAND WRITE  IT ON THE REVERSE OF YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE).
1) NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL.
2) YOUR PAPER VERSION SHOULD BE DOUBLE SPACED, IN 12 POINT FONT WITH 1-INCH MARGINS AND INCLUDE A TITLE AND WORD COUNT.
3) YOUR PAPER VERSION SHOULD INCLUDE A THESIS STATEMENT (BOLDED) WHICH DEMONSTRATES A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CONCEPTS REFERENCED ABOVE  AND WHICH RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO THE PROMPT.
4) YOUR PAPER SHOULD INCLUDE A "WORKS CITED" PAGE OF ANY ARTICLES YOU REFERENCE IN YOUR ESSAY. YOU MAY USE MLA OR APA CITATION STYLE.
5) A SUCCESSFUL ONLINE FINAL ASSIGNMENT WILL INCORPORATE COMMENTARY FROM AT LEAST ONE OTHER STUDENT'S ONLINE ASSIGNMENT

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