Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Our students create change

Individuals and societies around the globe and in varied historical periods have debated understandings of and experience of gender and sex.  FGSS helps students analyze how gender roles, relations, and identities have intertwined with social, political, and cultural factors such as race, nationality, religion and belief, class, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, health, technology and age. Through personalized, interdisciplinary curricula and practical experience, our students explore varied perspectives in gender and sexuality studies methodologies and theories to learn, ask questions, carry out research, and chart their own career and intellectual paths. 

The Program offers an undergraduate major, secondary major, and minor, and an interdisciplinary honors program that is open to undergraduates in all majors. Additionally, the program offers a PhD minor that is open to all students currently enrolled in a doctoral program at Stanford. FGSS welcomes and encourages participation from individuals of all identities and backgrounds