Morehouse offers new LGBT course

more copyThere’s a new course coming to Morehouse College.

Starting Thursday, the class “A Geneology of Black LGBT Culture and Politics” will meet twice a week for the rest of the semester.

The special topics course will be offered through the sociology department and is the first of its kind at Morehouse. Sophomore Marcus Lee said while he has enjoyed his 18 months on campus, he’s long felt a need for such a course.

“It’s an awkward feeling when you realize kind of that the brotherhood on campus is conditional,” he said. “As long as we don’t talk about gay stuff or differences in gender expression, everything’s OK. But when those topics begin to come up, it gets really awkward and there’s a certain tension in the room.” read more…