Trans programmers using electronic art to resist state surveillance. Rural queers making DIY radio to reach their far-flung comrades. Gender-fluid teens swapping romantic fanfiction online. This class explores how queer and trans people build our own media in order to survive and thrive. It also discusses how queer and trans identities shape the critical study of media today. In this course, we’ll use critical essays, archival documents, audio and film documentary, and video games to explore the relationship between queer and trans identities and media studies. You’ll also meet trans and queer innovators and artists working across various media forms. Assessment will include occasional quizzes and low stakes writing, a midterm research proposal, and either a final media project or a final paper. Students from all identities and disciplinary backgrounds are welcome.