Author: johncorvino

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 excited to begin this new role, having enjoyed working with our Honors students in many classes during my two decades at Wayne State,” said Corvino.… Continue reading John Corvino named Dean of Honors College

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: Labeling in this context, like political name-calling elsewhere, is motivated by a variety of factors, including the desire to set the tone of public debates,… Continue reading Name-Calling in the Culture Wars

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 work of which I am most proud is not a piece of writing: It’s a lecture, “What’s Morally Wrong with Homosexuality?”, which I first delivered… Continue reading National Coming Out Day 2017

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 new book with Ryan T. Anderson and Sherif Girgis. From the review: Lobbing broad accusations across our religious-liberty battle lines takes very little effort and… Continue reading Commonweal Review of DRLD

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 Institute of Technology. See the full calendar here.

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.

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 book Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination to a packed house.

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 new series entitled “Bridges: Crossing Cultural Divides.”

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 of advocacy. From the profile: “For someone so young, John has been at it for a long time – making a patient, compelling, persuasive, clear… Continue reading Profile of John in Between the Lines