When the summit on the future of the Catholic Church began on October 9, I allowed myself for the first time in many years to feel optimistic. I smiled at pictures of Pope Francis welcoming LGBTQ…
Emma Cieslik
Emma Cieslik (she/her) is a queer, disabled religious scholar and museum worker based in Washington, DC. She studies the intersection of religion, gender and sexuality, and material culture. She founded and currently directs Queer and Catholic: A CLGS Oral History Project based out of the Pacific School of Religion.
