W{holy} Queer

Event time: 
Monday, October 26, 2015 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
LGBTQ Center - Swing Space See map
40 Ashmun St
New Haven, CT
Event description: 

Join W{Holy} Queer, the Yale Hindu Students Council, the Yale Humanist Community, the Office of LGBTQ Resources and the Yale Chaplain’s Office for a conversation with Yagnaram Ramanuja Dasan about community, solidarity, and how we can look to others for support, guidance, inspiration, or resources. A light dinner will be served.

Yagnaram Ramanuja Dasan is a queer, Latino Hindu blogger. In 2013, he founded LGBT Hindu Satsang, a welcoming, online space for LGBT-identified Hindus. He is currently the president of the organization’s chapter in Philadelphia. He also serves as a priest in his community. Yagna has given talks on Hinduism and LGBT identity at the Philadelphia Trans* Health Conference and the Philly chapter of PFLAG. He writes on Hindu theology, spiritual practice, and social justice on his blog, Jñana-dipena.

If you would like to be notified of future w{Holy} Queer related events, or if you have any questions, please email maytal.saltiel@yale.edu. Our remaining w{Holy} Queer dates for the semester are Oct. 26, Nov 16, and Dec 7.