Mission_____________________________________________

 
   
  Faith, Sexuality, and Gender (FSG) provides a forum for stimulating discussion and learning about the interaction of faith, sexuality, and gender. This forum attempts to foster an educated understanding of the ways in which these aspects interact and influence people, both in broad and specific contexts (personal, cultural, societal, et cetera), and considers these topics from historical, political, cultural, scientific, and other perspectives. Members draw from a variety of resources, including personal experience, science, history, literature, film, and others, in order to increase their understanding and broaden their appreciation of the complexity of these issues. FSG also exists for the purpose of extending awareness of these issues to the general Manchester College campus and community through various discussions, speakers, and other forms of events.
 
  Meetings____________________________________________
 

 
 

Meetings are held in the basement of East Hall at 9:00 p.m. every other Tuesday. Look for flyers around campus or contact the group listserv to obtain a list of scheduled meetings and events.

Each week's discussion topic is decided by those who attend the previous meeting. Topics of discussion may include anything related to faith, sexuality, and gender. Some examples include the following:

 

  • abortion
  • abstinence
  • androgyny
  • asexuality
  • birth control
  • bisexuality
  • celibacy
  • civil unions
  • co-habitation
  • contraception
  • erotica
  • faith
  • female to male transition
  • gender
  • gender identity
  • gender roles
  • health
  • healthy sexuality
  • heterosexuality
  • homosexuality
  • intersex
  • in vitro fertilization
  • male to female transition
  • marriage
  • masturbation
  • monogamy
  • nudity
  • obscenity
  • politics (regarding f/s/g)
  • polyamory
  • polygamy
  • pornography
  • portrayals of (f/s/g) in art, media, conversation, politics, etc.
  • rape
  • relationships…peer-peer, family, intimate/sexual, between sexes and genders
  • religion
  • scripture
  • sex (physical anatomy; intercourse)
  • sex reassignment surgery
  • sexual development
  • sexual health
  • sexuality
  • sexually explicit material
  • sexual expression
  • sexually transmitted diseases
  • sexual orientation
  • social construction of
  • tradition
  • transgender
  • transsexual
   
 
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