The CLGS Oral History Project interviews people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and Catholic (in the past or present); people who are ordained and/or vowed members of religious communities who identify as LGBTQIA+; people who were raised within Catholic communities or come from families where Catholicism has a dominant and discernable presence on their lives; people who were raised in ethnically Catholic communities, particularly in immigrant communities; and individuals who identify as culturally Catholic, in any manifestation that this culture takes form.
Queer and Catholic: An Oral History Interview with Stephanie Battaglino Click here to view a video recording of Part 1 of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Click here to view a video recording of Part 2 of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Stephanie Battaglino (she/her) is a trans woman, […]
Queer and Catholic: An Oral History Interview with Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL (she/her) is a Sister of Loretto and a pioneer in ministry and outreach to and with LGBTQ+ Catholics. She was born in Philadelphia […]
Queer and Catholic: An Oral History Interview with Xorje Olivares Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Xorje Olivares (he/him) is a gay Catholic man of Mexican and Tejano descent. He was born to two schoolteachers in Eagle Pass, Texas, where he grew up and where […]
Queer and Catholic: An Oral History Interview with Eve Tushnet Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Eve Tushnet (she/her)is a lesbian Roman Catholic writer, speaker, blogger, and educator. She was born in Washington, D.C. to a Unitarian mother and secular Jewish father, and has remained […]