Author: johncorvino

  • John Corvino named Dean of Honors College

    The Provost of Wayne State University has announced that John will become the next dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College, effective Summer 2018. From the announcement: “I am…

  • Name-Calling in the Culture Wars

    The Deseret News has an interesting piece on name-calling in the culture wars which includes some comments from John and his occasional dialogue partner Matthew Lee Anderson. From the article:…

  • National Coming Out Day 2017

    Today, October 11, is National Coming Out Day. Not long ago I was asked, “What is the piece of writing of which you are most proud?” I answered that the…

  • Commonweal Review of DRLD

    In Commonweal, Robert K. Vischer (Dean of the University of St. Thomas School of Law) offers a thoughtful, balanced, and highly favorable review of Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination, John’s…

  • Upcoming Talks

    John has a busy fall travel schedule, including a recent debate at Notre Dame (see video here), and talks next week at Old Dominion University, Harvard Law School, and Massachusetts…

  • Notre Dame Debate

    John’s “Religious Liberty and Discrimination” debate with Ryan Anderson, which took place on September 7 at the University of Notre Dame, is now available on YouTube:

  • Cakes, Capes, and the Culture Wars

    The fun folks at Philosophy Bakes Bread interviewed John for a recent podcast: Cakes, Capes, and the Culture Wars. You can listen to the full hour-long interview here.

  • John back at BookPeople

    On August 17, John returned to BookPeople in Austin, Texas–which has graciously hosted events for every one of his books, including his 1997 anthology Same Sex–to talk about his new…

  • John speaks at Bay View

    On July 11, John spoke at Bay View, a Chautauqua in northern Michigan. As explained in this story from the Petosky News, his presentation was the inaugural lecture in a…

  • Profile of John in Between the Lines

    Between the Lines, the Michigan LGBT paper where John got his start as a columnist in 2002, just published a nice profile of him reflecting back on his 25 years…