CLGS: "Mi Casa Es Tu Casa": Queer Latinx Reflections on the Family with Dávila and Imperatori-Lee

This CLGS Latinx Roundtable Event explored the concept of familia through a queer Latinx lens. Our panelists reflected on the many ways “familia” is constructed and deployed in Latinx cultures and applied a queer reading of familial relationality (including biological families and “chosen” families) to better understand, celebrate, and expand the scope of family in our contemporary diverse society. Such a project has significant implications for how we welcome all persons, especially queer POC, into relationship.
Join us for this celebration of our Queer Latinx heritage at CLGS!
Our Panelists
MT Dávila (she/her) is Associate Professor of Religious and Theologies Studies at Merrimack College. As a Latinx Ethicist, her research interests intersect racial justice, migrant justice, public theology, political theology, nonviolence, and liberation theology and ethics. She has published numerous articles on immigration, abortion, non-violence, and politics.
Natalia Imperatori-Lee (she/her) is Chair of the Department of Religion at Manhattan College and a philosophy professor. Her research interests focus on Catholic ecclesiology, in particular the intersection of ecclesial identity with feminist and Latinx Catholic thought. Her book, Cuéntame, explores how narratives shape ecclesiology, which is the study of the church. She is also interested in the relationship between Catholic theology, sexuality, and education; the intersection of Mariology and ecclesiology; intercultural theology; gender studies; and the relationship of women, the poor and other marginalized groups to church structure and governance.
Moderator Ish Ruiz (he/him): Ruiz is Assistant Professor of Latinx & Queer Decolonial Theology at Pacific School of Religion and the Coordinator of the CLGS Latinx Roundtable. As a Puerto Rican, queer, Catholic theologian, his research interests intersect Latinx theology, queer theology, sexual ethics, human rights, Catholic theology, moral theology, education, and social justice.