Ithaca College held a workshop to teach students about “Ethical Non-Monogamy”, on April 17. The workshop was organized by the college’s LGBTQ Center and took place on campus in upstate New York.
“Even in the queer community, there is often a default assumption that relationships will be monogamous: two people committed to one another exclusively,” said the center in an Instagram post. “What if that’s not your jam? Welcome to the wide world of ethical non-monogamy!”
The center’s director, Crissi Dalfonzo, presided over the program. She describes herself as a “queer polyamorous neurodivergent woman” and a “professional queer.”
Campus Reform adds:
Those enrolled in the “Ethical Non-Monogamy” workshop learned about “what makes it ethical, how to communicate about it, how to find other non-monogamous folks, and more.”
As part of its mission, the center offers a variety of LGBT-themed events throughout the year.
This spring, the organization has sponsored a “Queer Stories Project,” a Lavender Graduation, a “Queer Elders Panel,” the “Trans Day of Visibility,” “Queer Shabbat,” a “Trans Art Exhibition” and “Queer Sex Ed.”
Students who attended “Queer Sex Ed” learned about answering questions such as: “Do people really use dental dams? How do I practice safe sex? What even IS queer sex?”…
“The mission of the Center is to make the world a better place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people,” the organization’s website says. “The Center strives to create a campus that is the best learning, working, and living environment for LGBT people.”…
St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York has been offering a “Great (S)expectations” course this spring that prompts students to consider “alternatives” to the “societal expectations” of “monogamy, marriage, and procreation.”
Cornell University has a class teaching “Queer Marxism.”
Wellesley College is offering a “Queer Bible” course as part of its Jewish Studies program,. It provides an “introduction to the Bible at the intersection of queer theory, biblical interpretation, and the historical study of the ancient Middle East.”
Colleges have also offered courses on “Queering God” and “How To Be A Bitch.” Divinity schools have proclaimed that Jesus was “queer,” and have attacked marriage, capitalism, and monogamy.
The University of Chicago course “Queering God” questions if God is queer and explores what queerness has to do with the concept of God. “What does queerness have to do with Judaism, Christianity, or Islam?” the course description reads.
Westminster College offers the course “How to Be a Bitch.” Students are encouraged to explore what it means to be a “bitch” and “bossy.”
Occidental College offers the course “Black Queer Thought.” The course critiques “the demands of heteronormativity, white supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism.”
The University of California at Berkeley hosted a taxpayer-funded lecture on the “Queering of Agriculture.”
Colleges have also held events such as “Queering Menstruation” and “Anal 101.”
At the University of Louisville, an “Anal Sex 101” workshop was held to promote a “discussion about the anal sex culture and learn the truth about safe and pleasurable anal sex,” according to a campus newspaper.
Wright State University held a Sex Week that included “Condom Race” and “Sex Deity” programs.
