Official page of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and LGBTQ+ Resources at Furman University
06/18/2026
Join WGSS and Furman Pride at the Upstate Pride SC's Colors of Pride Event on Saturday, June 27th in downtown Greenville! Wear your Furman purple and celebrate with us as we march in the parade, take part in the festival, and mingle at our Furman Pride Social at Chicora Alley! ✨🏳️🌈
Whether you’re considering a career in the sciences, humanities, business, or beyond, a major or minor in WGSS can support your future goals! 😎
Furman class of 2030, we are ready for you to wander campus to WGSS! ✨💜🫶🏼
Go Dins!
06/15/2026
During MayX, WGSS Oversight Committee and Faculty Member Kylie Fisher co-taught "Art & Empires," which brought 19 Furman students to Munich, Prague, Vienna, and Budapest to examine how art collecting, patronage, and curation is intertwined with imperial activity and legacies of colonialism in Central Europe. While at the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Kylie visited the thought-provoking contemporary art exhibition, Care Matters, which explores the often-invisible labor of women as care takers for their families and communities.
For the month of June, Kylie is participating in the Select Summery Residency Program at the National Humanities Center in Durham, NC, where she is working on her book project, "Bodily Ambiguity: Q***r- and Otherness in Early Modern Art."
Furman class of 2030, we can’t wait to welcome you to Furman! 💜✨
06/12/2026
We love seeing the Pride collection in the Duke Library! Comment down below your favorite Pride Month read!🏳️🌈📚
Growing since 2019, the q***r zine collection at now has over 1,200 zines that reflect q***r voices and experiences spanning from the 1970s to the present! ✨🏳️🌈
Over 20 languages are present in zines from 5 continents. The collection has a focus on trans zines and zines from q***r people of color. Some WGS courses visit the q***r zine collections during the academic year!
We have many thanks for Dr. Jeff Makala and the Special Collections and Archives team who curate these wonderful materials for our students!💜
To learn more, you can check out the collection finding aid online at the link in our bio or contact special collections at [email protected].
06/09/2026
WGSS Oversight Committee and Faculty member Scott Henderson is spending part of his summer visiting the locations of historic k-12 schools, including the Allen School in Asheville, North Carolina, which was a highly respected boarding school for Black girls for several decades.
You may know , but take a moment to learn about their namesake Mary Camilla Judson and the impact she had at Furman!✨💜
Special thank you to for their collection on Mary Camilla Judson which helped inform and inspire this post!
06/04/2026
Want to take a nap like Burrito but are stressed about finding a job? 🐈⬛💤
Consider applying to the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) – Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Statewide Coordinator at the South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers! Link to the application is in the LinkTree in our bio!