This course covered important topics in the study of gender, sexuality, and politics. Issues examined included the election of women and LGBT+ candidates to office, legislative efforts on behalf of women and sexual minorities, women's and gay rights' movements, the politics of intersectional identities, and the political consequences of gender and sexuality dynamics in conflict and post-conflict settings.

This course introduced studies to enduring and contemporary political controversies in international and comparative politics, including vaccines and healthcare, abortion, forms of democracy, climate change, gay rights, freedom of speech, and social media.