Eve Tushnet
Eve Tushnet | |
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| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University[1] |
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Eve Tushnet (born 1978) is an American
Background
Her father is Mark Tushnet, a professor at Harvard Law School. Her mother, Elizabeth Alexander, directs the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union.[7] Her sister Rebecca Tushnet is also a professor at Harvard Law School.[8]
Tushnet came out as a lesbian around age 13 or 14 and her family was supportive.[7] She entered Yale University in 1996 as "a happy lesbian".[7] Raised in a secular Jewish household, she converted to Catholicism in 1998 at age 19 during her sophomore year.[3][9] After college, she joined the National Catholic Register. She was also a researcher at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a conservative think tank.[10]
Views
Tushnet is
"I really think the most important thing is, I really like being gay and I really like being Catholic," she said in a 2010 interview with The New York Times. "If nobody ever calls me self-hating again, it will be too soon."[7]
Bibliography
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Novels
- Tushnet, Eve (2015). Amends : a novel.
- —. Punishment : a love story.
Short fiction
- Stories
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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| A story like mine | 2009 | Tushnet, Eve (July 2009). "A story like mine". Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. 24. |
Non-fiction
- Eve Tushnet (2014). Gay and Catholic : accepting my sexuality, finding community, living my faith.
- — (2021). Tenderness : a gay Christian's guide to unlearning rejection and experiencing God's extravagant love.
- — (January 2023). "O blessed bus!". Commonweal. 150 (1): 78–79.
See also
- Catholic Church and homosexuality
- Side B Christian
References
- ^ "People". Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "'Gay and Catholic': An Interview with Author Eve Tushnet". America Magazine. July 3, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ a b c Gallagher, Rachel (March 8, 2017). "CUA on Tap: "Gay and Catholic"". Washington, DC: The Tower. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ "Voices: Eve Tushnet". America Magazine. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ^ Tushnet, Eve. "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". The American Spectator. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ^ "Eve Tushnet, a gay Catholic woman, talks of serving in the church". Blogs.denverpost.com. May 16, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Oppenheimer, Mark (June 4, 2010). "A Gay Catholic Voice Against Same-Sex Marriage". New York Times. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ "Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log". tushnet.blogspot.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Boorstein, Michelle (December 13, 2014). "Gay Christians choosing celibacy emerge from the shadows". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ "Author biography". Crisis Magazine. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
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