Colloquium: Greta Christina "Coming Out Atheist" (Manteca)

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About the Topic

Coming Out Atheist - How To Do It, How to Help Each Other Do It, And Why?

Coming out is one of the most powerful political acts atheists can take. But it can also be difficult and risky.

What are some specific, practical, nuts-and-bolts strategies we can use:

• to come out of the closet,

• to support each other in coming out, and

• to make the atheist community a safer place to come out into?

What can atheists learn about coming out from the LGBT community and their decades of coming-out experience -- and what can we learn from the important differences between coming out atheist and coming out queer?

About the Speaker

Greta Christina is a well-known blogger, writer, and speaker for both atheist and LGBT movements. She has been writing professionally since 1989, with work appearing in numerous magazines, newspapers, and anthologies. She is a regular contributor to AlterNet, Salon, The Humanist, and Free Inquiry.

Greta Christina is author of:

• "Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God"

• "Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why"

• "Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless"

• "Bending: Dirty Kinky Stories About Pain, Power, Religion, Unicorns, & More"

Greta is a co-founder and co-organizer of the Godless Perverts, a performance series and social community that promotes a positive view of sexuality without religion.

About the Free Event

This is a free event, open to the public, at the Manteca Library. Those of all worldviews and faiths are welcome.

Doors open at 7:15 PM and our featured talk starts shortly after. We expect most Colloquiums to last until about 8:45 PM followed by mingling and cleanup.

Coffee, water, and pastries are provided.

Parking is free.

Suggested donations of $20 to support this and future colloquiums are appreciated.

Dinner Before

For those interested in joining us for dinner, head to the CK Mongolian BBQ (http://www.yelp.com/biz/gk-mongolian-bbq-manteca) (1039 S Main St) prior to the event. People typically arrive at 5:30 and leave at 6:45 to start setting up at the Manteca Library.