Gender 101

THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 6:30–8:00 P.M.
COVENANT CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL, BUILDING B,
4949 CAROLINE IN THE MUSEUM DISTRICT, 77004. PARKING IS AVAILABLE ON ADJACENT STREETS AND IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT (ENTER ON WICHITA STREET).
What is gender? Is it something other than male and female? If so, how can that be? Are we comfortable with the possibility of that and if not, why not? What about those people who use “they/them” to describe themselves…what is that about? Where does sexual attraction come into play with gender? All these questions and more will be discussed and explored.

Jill Carroll, a scholar, a member of the LGBTQ community, and a parent to a transgender child, will tell her own story and address the definitions and differences between biological sex, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual expression.

Jill Carroll is a recognized expert on issues of religious tolerance, philosophy of religion, American religion, and religion in public life. She worked for many years as a lecturer and adjunct associate professor at Rice University and at the University of Houston. She was executive director for the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance and has provided religious diversity and global skills training for corporations, nonprofits, and other groups.