Overview

• Harvard’s Studies of Gender and Sexuality program announced in July that Khubchandani will teach Queer Ethnography this fall and RuPaulitics: Drag, Race, and Desire in the spring.
• Official course descriptions cite study of queer and dissident spaces and drag archives, with requirements that include attending drag shows and completing performance-based exercises.
• Khubchandani performs as LaWhore Vagistan and has described the persona’s South Asian–rooted name and intent in past interviews.
• Some outlets report the spring course centers on RuPaul’s Drag Race, though Harvard’s catalog outlines a broader examination of drag histories and analysis.
• The Tufts associate professor is the author of Decolonize Drag and Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife and often lectures in drag as part of his teaching practice.