[Jewish] Welcome back! Some upcoming events on Queer Spirituality and Religion

[Steven Nathan]

Welcome Back to those who were gone for January - and for those who just 
took a little break after Jan. term,

I know it's early, but I wanted to let you know about 2 great programs 
coming up in a couple weeks:
*
Wednesday, Feb. 11th: Panel Discussion: "How Different Religions Address 
LGBTQ Experiences"
7:00 pm, Memorial Hall Lounge, UMass*

Panelists who identify both as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or 
queer (LGBTQ) and as a member of a particular religious community will 
speak about the intersections of their religious and sexual/gender 
identities. They will share the tensions they have experienced and how 
they have reconciled their faith with their LGBTQ identity.

Panelists include:
-Faisal Alam, Founder of Al-Fatiha, an international LGBT Muslim 
organization
-David Dunn Bauer, Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Amherst
-Kathleen Boucher, Researcher on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Catholics
-Chris McMillan, Co-Director of the Multicultural Resource Center, 
Amherst College
-Winnie Nazarko, Teacher at the Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA

Free and open to the public.


*Thursday, Feb. 12th: Faisal Alam, "Hidden Voices: The Lives of LGBT 
Muslims"
7:00 pm, Main Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College*

"The Lives of LGBT Muslims" aims to highlight the many struggles and 
challenges facing sexual and gender minorities within the Muslim world 
and to examine the complex intersection of Islam, sexuality and gender. 
With more than 1.5 billion followers Islam is considered to be the 
fastest growing religion in the world today, yet the Western world 
continues to view it with skepticism and uncertainty. While aiming to 
dispel common stereotypes and myths about Islam, this presentation will 
also explore the history of the queer Muslim movement in the United 
States and the suppression of LGBT rights around the world under the 
guise of the so-called "war on terror."

Free and open to the public.

Hope to see youth there!  Please contact me if you have any questions.


Steve Nathan

 


Steven P. Nathan

Campus Rabbi and

Interim LGBTQ Advisor

Hampshire College 
                                                           

Office of Spiritual Life -- Box SA

Amherst, MA 01002

Phone: (413) 559-6234

Fax: (413) 559-5663

snathan at hampshire.edu <mailto:snathan at hampshire.edu>


 

"The more deeply immersed I became in the thinking of the prophets, the 
more powerfully it became clear to me what the lives of the prophets 
sought to convey: that morally speaking there is no limit to the concern 
one must feel for the suffering of human beings. It also became clear to 
me that in regard to cruelties committed in the name of a free society, 
some are guilty, all are responsible."

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