LGBTQ+ Studies (HCLAS Home)LGBTQ+ Studies at Hofstra University focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, their history, and culture. LGBTQ+ Studies examine sexualities and genders as identities, social statuses, categories of knowledge, and as lenses that help us frame how we understand our world. A minor in LGBTQ+ Studies is available to students in any major through Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.