The Status of LGBTIQ+ Persons in the Professions Committee

Charge

The Status of LGBTIQ+ Persons in the Professions Committee recommends policies and good practices to assure the full access, belonging, and academic freedom of LGBTIQ+ persons within the Academy and develops programs to enhance their status in their professions

Recommended Resources

Produced by the Committee

WebinAARs

• Launch of QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion
• New Books in Queer and Trans Religion: Publishing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Articles

Ask the Diva articles on RSN (archived)

External Resources

• Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
• UCR Queer and Trans Studies in Religion Conference
• Holstein Dissertation Fellowship
• Hauntings: Queer/Trans Studies in Religion  (Book series with NYU Press)
• QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion 
• LBGTQ Religious Archives Network
• Center for LBGTQ & Gender Studies in Religion at Pacific School of Religion
• Theology & Sexuality (journal)
• LGBTQ at Chicago Theological Seminary 
• Queer Religiosities: An Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion by Melissa Wilcox

Related Program Units

• Queer Studies in Religion Unit
• Lesbian-Feminisms and Religion Unit
• Gay Men and Religion Unit

Meeting Schedule

• One in-person meeting at the Annual Meeting in November
• Virtual meetings in spring, fall, and summer as needed
• Committee members meet in person with the other status committees every other year for a summit

Committee Members

• Term of Office: Four years, non-renewable
• Committee Composition: Up to six members