A fantastic selection of Connoisseurs of Abandonment compiled last Fall by the students of AML 4282 (LGBTQ Generations):

Finding Nemo (Kiwi)

Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh (Natecia)

David Leavitt’s novel, Lost Language of Cranes (Ashlyn)

Rocky Horror Picture Show (Irene)

The Celluloid Closet (Katie F.)

The Brady Bunch (Sandy)

Janelle Monáe (David)

Leslie Feinberg’s novel, Stone Butch Blues (Jessica)

Gay Days at Disney (Christopher)

Kanye West (Celia)

Francis Burney’s first novel, Evelina (Vicky)

the musical Spring Awakening (Katie C)

experimental filmmaker Su Friedrich (Elizabeth)

Deepa Mehta’s film, Fire (Alexis)

Drag (Alex)

Brent Hartinger’s YA novel, The Geography Club (Jared)

Allen Ginsburg’s Howl (Melia)

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (Kayla)

Jennie Livingston’s film, Paris is Burning (Jamie)

Sojourner Truth (Elliott)

Marci Blackman’s Po Man’s Child: a Novel (Mimi)

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby (Kayleigh)

Queer Hardcore band, Limp Wrist (Vincent)

James Franco (Alison)

an interactive website about AML 4282 (Elyse)

a film about AML 4282 (Brittany)