There’s a nice profile of John at the Urban Innovation Exchange: John Corvino is a refreshing antidote to the screaminess on one of the central issues of our times – marriage equality. It befits his work as a philosophy professor at Wayne State University; as such, he needs to think deeply about the very nature… Continue reading John, the “Antidote to Screaminess”
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Against Obsessive Celibacy
John replies to Michael Hannon’s startling response to “Thinking Straight” at Commonweal: You don’t have to be a “libertine” to recognize that what the young boy is experiencing is not just a really, really, really strong desire for friendship. More important, you don’t have to be a libertine to acknowledge that willful blindness to what… Continue reading Against Obsessive Celibacy
“Thinking Straight?” at Commonweal
At Commonweal, John explains how a little queer theory (misunderstood and misapplied) can be a dangerous thing: What social conservatives want is nothing less than to dismantle the very vocabulary by which we express and realize our inchoate longings for intimacy. They want to push us back to a time when homosexuality was not merely… Continue reading “Thinking Straight?” at Commonweal
Bridge Magazine Profiles John
Bridge Magazine just posted a nice profile of John’s work. Corvino is emerging as a new public face of gay America, well-suited for an era of increasing acceptance by the dominant culture – calm, polite, respectful, telegenic. In an era when cable television and the Internet reward snark and sarcasm, he meets the opposition on… Continue reading Bridge Magazine Profiles John
John’s Book “Finnished”!
John’s book What’s Wrong with Homosexuality? has been translated into Finnish by LIKE Publishing. The title is Mitä väärää on homoseksuaalisuudessa? Say that three times fast (or even once, slowly)! The English-language edition is now also available in audio format.
John on Polygamy in NYT “Room for Debate”
In a New York Times “Room for Debate” discussion on plural marriage, John rebuts the slippery slope: Polygamy raises a number of public-policy concerns that same-sex marriage does not. That said, the gay-rights movement has bolstered the polygamist-rights movement in one key way: by insisting that finding a practice weird or icky or religiously anathema… Continue reading John on Polygamy in NYT “Room for Debate”
A Gay Man and an Evangelical Walk into a Bar…
No, it’s not a joke: It’s the title of John’s dialogue with evangelical blogger Matthew Lee Anderson, hosted by The Journey Church in St. Louis. Here’s the video segment about it by the Christian Broadcasting Network’s 700 Club.
Gay Sex in a Disenchanted Universe
John’s talk at Skepticon 6, entitled “Gay Sex in a Disenchanted Universe,” in which he reflects on Joseph Bottum, the Book of Genesis, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the new natural law theorists.
Jen’s Fund
UPDATE 11/13/2014: Yesterday Jen had a three-hour surgery taking a skin graft from her thigh to reconstruct the tissue in her mouth; this was the planned follow-up after the successful (second) bone graft in January. The surgery went well, and the underlying bone looks healthy. Jen is uncomfortable but in good spirits. She hopes… Continue reading Jen’s Fund
John at NYT “Room for Debate” on Gay/Trans Connection
At the New York Times “Room for Debate,” John argues that gay rights and transgender rights are related but distinct: Each group has distinctive needs and challenges. By jumbling them all together into one alphabet soup — L.G.B.T.Q.I.T.S.L.F.A.A., anyone? — we run the risk of covering or erasing people’s experiences, especially those who are… Continue reading John at NYT “Room for Debate” on Gay/Trans Connection