Coming Out and Coming Back: Rediscovering Hinduism After Coming Out
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Wed, Apr 25, 2018 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm, ET
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Dr. Om Lala, MD, MBA, MPH ‘12, AB ‘06, former President of Dharma and Founder of the Harvard Interfaith Council, will begin by discussing his experience of grappling with his Hindu faith after coming out as gay.
Treating Dr. Lala’s experience as a case study, the discussion will then ask broader questions about Hinduism, sexual orientation, and how everyone comes out in some way or another.
Faculty Host: Diana Eck, Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society, Director of the Pluralism Project
Refreshments will be served.
Co-sponsored by Harvard Dharma
