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Hey are you a WGSS major/minor and confused on what courses are available for you to take next term or are interested in taking a WGSS course next term?

Well the fall 2026 class registration schedule is live! Check out these awesome WGSS general education classes and register as soon as you can.

WGSS Lower Division General Education Courses Fall 2026

-WGSS 2000, Introduction to Women’s, Gender and S*xuality Studies (Area 4, d) TuTh 9:25 - 10:40 am, or TuTh 10:50 am – 12:05 pm

-WGSS 2030 - Intersectionality and U.S. Women of Color (Area 4, re) Online

-WGSS 2200 - Chicanas and Latinas in Contemporary US Society (Area 6 or Area 4) Various in-person and online sections

-WGSS 2250 - US Latina Herstories: Advocacy, Leaders, Community (Area 6) TuTh 1:40-2:55 pm, or 4:30-5:45 pm

- WGSS 2300 - Gender, S*xuality and American Indian Communities (Area 6 or Area 3) W 12:15-1:30 pm, or online

WGSS Upper Division General Education Courses Fall 2026

-WGSS 3050 - Black Feminism and Womanism (Area 3, re, and cl) TuTh 12:15-1:30 pm

-WGSS 3150 – Gender, S*xuality, and US Law (Area 4, d, and cl) MW 3:05-4:20 pm

-WGSS 3200 - Disability Studies (Area 4, d, and cl)
Online

-WGSS 3400 – LGBT Political History (Area 4, d, and cl)
MW 1:40 - 2:55 pm, or online

-WGSS 3570 - Gender and S*x in History (Area 4 and d) MW 1:40-2:55 or MW 3:04-4:20 pm, online synchronous

-WGSS 3600 - Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Women Experiences in the Americas (Area 3 and re)
TuTh 4:30 - 5:45pm

-WGSS 3665 LGBTQ Cultural Production (Area 3 and d)
TuTh 12:15-1:30 pm

-WGSS 3665 - Gender and S*xuality in Science Fiction Literature (Area 3, d, and wi) TuTh 4:30 - 5:45 pm, or online

-WGSS 3860 - Gender in Science (Area 2 or 5 and d)
TuTh 12:15 - 1:30 pm, or online

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New Course Alert! Starting Fall 2026 there is a new course that intersects Ethnic Studies and Women’s, Gender, and S*xuality Studies: WGSS/CLS 2250 US Latina Herstories: Advocacy, Leadership, and Community. This course will survey the herstories of Chicanas, Puerto Rican, and Central American Latinas as leaders and advocates in their communities in the United States from the 19th century to the present with a focus on labor, community, education, political, civil rights, and human rights organizing.

Slide 1: This slide features five Latina community leaders in five different images. There are four black and white photos that include Luisa Moreno, Emma Tenayuca, Dolores Huerta, and Antonia Pantoja and one color photos that features Bamby Salcedo.

Slide 2: Text in Red against a light brown background that says “Register 4 Fall 2026”

Slide 3: Text in Red against a light brown background that says, “WGSS/CLS 2250 US Latina Herstories”

Slide 4: Text gives the course description: This course will survey the herstories of Chicanas, Puerto Rican, and Central American Latinas as leaders and advocates in their communities in the United States from the 19th century to the present with a focus on labor, community, education, political, civil rights, and human rights organizing.

Slide 5: Text in red against light brown background that says “Sections and Times. Section 1 T,TH 1:40-2:55 p.m. Section 2 T,TH 4:30-5:45 p.m.”

Slide 6: Text in red against light brown background that says, “Fulfills GE Requirements. Area 6 Ethnic Studies. (RE) Race & Ethnicity.

Join Aunte Lute feminist press and WGSS’s Profe Dionne Espinoza for a live, virtual event celebrating Norma Alarcón’s latest book, Forced by Circumstance! Please join on Friday, April 24, 2026, at 10 am PT for four decades of feminist thought. One powerful journey.
Celebrating the release of Norma Alarcón’s landmark collection of work, Forced by Circumstance, this event will join together Norma E. Cantú, Dionne Espinoza, Marisa Belausteguigoitia, Paola Bacchetta, and Norma Alarcón herself in conversation.
When: Friday, April 24, 2026, at 10 am PT
Where: Live on Zoom
Read more and register on Eventbrite (link in comments).
Image ID: photo of Norma Alarcón next to an image of the cover of her book, Forced by Circumstance. The book cover and post graphic have butterflies on them.

New Course Alert! Starting Fall 2026 there is a new course that intersects Ethnic Studies and Women’s, Gender, and S*xuality Studies: WGSS/CLS 2250 US Latina Herstories: Advocacy, Leadership, and Community. This course will survey the herstories of Chicanas, Puerto Rican, and Central American Latinas as leaders and advocates in their communities in the United States from the 19th century to the present with a focus on labor, community, education, political, civil rights, and human rights organizing.

Slide 1: This slide features five Latina community leaders in five different images. There are four black and white photos that include Luisa Moreno, Emma Tenayuca, Dolores Huerta, and Antonia Pantoja and one color photos that features Bamby Salcedo.

Slide 2: Text in Red against a light brown background that says “Register 4 Fall 2026”

Slide 3: Text in Red against a light brown background that says, “WGSS/CLS 2250 US Latina Herstories”

Slide 4: Text gives the course description: This course will survey the herstories of Chicanas, Puerto Rican, and Central American Latinas as leaders and advocates in their communities in the United States from the 19th century to the present with a focus on labor, community, education, political, civil rights, and human rights organizing.

Slide 5: Text in red against light brown background that says “Sections and Times. Section 1 MW 1:40-2:55 p.m. Section 2 MW 4:30-5:45 p.m.”

Slide 6: Text in red against light brown background that says, “Fulfills GE Requirements. Area 6 Ethnic Studies. (RE) Race & Ethnicity.

Congratulations to Jack, Lorraine — and the rest of the 70% of the WGSS Class of 2026 — who made the Dean’s Honors List this year. You all make us proud 🥹 Image ID: Jack and Lorraine standing back to back and smiling. Jack has short hair and he is wearing a green button up shirt. Lorraine has long blond hair that is pulled up, and she is wearing a bright blue blazer.

Category is: The BALL. Students in Dr. Green’s WGSS 3650 course, LGBTQ Cultural Production, Walk and Battle in a “Ball,” inspired by the Ball scene of the 1970s in NYC. Image ID: series of photos of people dancing and voguing

Thank you to the Alice Bag Band for an unforgettable evening at Cal State LA! We celebrated punk in all its intersectional feminist, q***r and trans forms. Here are a few photos from tonight — stay tuned for videos of the performance and interview. 💜💜💜💜 Image ID: various photos of Alice Bag singing, WGSS students and faculty at the show, and Alice Bag and Candace Hansen with fans after the interview.

Thank you to the Alice Bag Band for an unforgettable evening at Cal State LA! We celebrated punk in all its intersectional feminist, q***r and trans forms. Here are a few photos from tonight — stay tuned for videos of the performance and interview. 💜💜💜💜 Image ID: various photos of Alice Bag singing, students and faculty at the show, and Alice Bag and Candace Hansen with fans after the interview.

Thank you to the Alice Bag Band for an unforgettable evening at Cal State LA! We celebrated punk in all its intersectional feminist, q***r and trans forms. Here are a few photos from tonight — stay tuned for videos of the performance and interview. 💜💜💜💜 Image ID: various photos of Alice Bag singing, students and faculty at the show, and Alice Bag and Candace Hansen with fans after the interview.

Join WGSS, CLS and the GSRC for a Book Plática with Dr. Marisela Chávez who will speak about her book Chicana Liberation: Women and Mexican American Politics in Los Angeles, 1945-1981. The event will take place Tuesday, March 24, 4:30-5:45 p.m. In the Los Angeles Room A of the University Student Union.

Marisela R. Chávez, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence at Cal Poly Pomona. She is an educator and researcher of Chicana/o/x history, politics, and identity; Chicana and women of color feminisms; U.S. social movements; oral history and memory; and Latino/a/x immigration.

Mexican American women reached across generations to develop a bridging activism that drew on different methods and ideologies to pursue their goals. Marisela R. Chavez uses a wealth of untapped oral histories to reveal the diverse ways activist Mexican American women in Los Angeles claimed their own voices and space while seeking to leverage power. Chavez tells the stories of the people who honed beliefs and practices before the advent of the Chicano movement and the participants in the movement after its launch in the late 1960s.

Slide 1: A gold yellow background with illustrations of green leaves on vines with illustration of a pink butterfly on a pink vine with “Chicana Liberation” in blue text “Book Plática“ in black with blue outline text with “Dr. Marisela Chávez“ in Pink text. Tuesday March 24, 4:30 - 5:45 pm Los Angeles Room A, USU in black white outlined text

Slide 2: Gold yellow background post with illustrations of green leaves on a vine with an illustration of a pink butterfly on a vine . An image of the book cover for Chicana Liberation which includes an illustration of brown woman with black hair with a pink flower in it (logo for Comision Femenil Mexicana) with a synopsis of the book in black text on the right.

Slide 3: Gold yellow background post with illustrations of green leaves on a vine with an illustration of a pink butterfly on a vine . A still headshot of Dr. Marisela Chávez wearing a black shirt, with shoulder length brown hair, wearing glasses and smiling.

Join WGSS, CLS and the GSRC for a Book Plática with Dr. Marisela Chávez who will speak about her book Chicana Liberation: Women and Mexican American Politics in Los Angeles, 1945-1981. The event will take place Tuesday, March 24, 4:30-5:45 p.m. In the San Gabriel Room of the University Student Union.

Marisela R. Chávez, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence at Cal Poly Pomona. She is an educator and researcher of Chicana/o/x history, politics, and identity; Chicana and women of color feminisms; U.S. social movements; oral history and memory; and Latino/a/x immigration.

Image Identification: Colorful flyer with an image of the book cover for Chicana Liberation which includes an image of a brown woman with black hair a pink flower (the logo for Comision Femenil Mexicana). The flyer also includes a photograph of Dr. Marisela Chávez who is wearing a black short. She has shoulder length brown hair, wears glasses and is smiling.