''GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies'' is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal based published by

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. It was co-founded by

David M. Halperin David M. Halperin (born April 2, 1952) is an American theorist in the fields of gender studies, queer theory, critical theory, material culture and visual culture. He is the cofounder of '' GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies'', and author ...

and

Carolyn Dinshaw Carolyn Dinshaw is an American academic and author, who has specialised in issues of gender and sexuality in the medieval context. Education and career Dinshaw was born to an Indian father, Dudley Dinshaw a Parsi from Lucknow and an American mothe ...

in the early 1990s. In its mission, the journal seeks "to offer queer perspectives on all issues touching on sex and sexuality." It covers religion,

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, politics, law, and

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. The current editors are Chandan Reddy, Associate Professor of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the

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, and C. Riley Snorton, Professor of English Language and Literature at the

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. In a retrospective article for the twenty-fifth anniversary issue, co-founder Halperin wrote of the journal's founding:

Like every good idea I have ever had, the idea of founding ''GLQ'' did not originate with me. It was proposed to me early in 1991 by Philip Rappaport, who was working at the time as an acquisitions editor at
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and who was looking for ways to make his job more interesting—specifically by taking account of emerging work in lesbian and gay studies. Philip approached me about the possibility of starting an academic journal, and although I thought it was a terrific idea, I didn’t feel that I could take on such an ambitious project. But I did mention Philip’s proposal, some time later, to Carolyn Dinshaw, whom I had recently met, and she expressed immediate enthusiasm for it. I told her that if she would be willing to do it with me, I would gladly agree to it. She accepted. I got back in touch with Philip. The rest is history.

''GLQ'' was acquired by

from Gordon and Breach in 1997 after Gordon and Breach refused to print an article selected by the editors. Gordon and Breach had offices in

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, and Malaysian officials has recently objected to an article in ''GLQ'' with anti-Islamic imagery. At the 2011 Modern Language Association convention, ''GLQ'' received the 2010 Special Issue Prize from the

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for its "Sexuality, Nationality, Indigeneity" issue, which covered LGBT Native American topics.

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