LGBTQ+ Religious, Spiritual, & Ethical Life at MIT


The Office of Religious, Spiritual, & Ethical Life at MIT is committed to the wholeness and well-being of LGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty on campus. The intersection of our embodiments of sexual/affectional orientation, gender identity, and our religious, spiritual, and ethical traditions, commitments, and practices is both exciting and complex. ORSEL is committed to providing LGBTQ+ students with opportunities to engage this intersection with a community that celebrates the gift of LGBTQ+ lives and seeks to cultivate the wholeness of LGBTQ+ people at the Institute. We do this through religious, spiritual, and ethical life programming that focuses on LGBTQ+ experience, partnering with other offices on campus serving LGBTQ+ students, and providing resources to connect LGBTQ+ students with supportive staff. If you would like to be connected with others engaging in cultivating wholeness in mind, body, relationships, and purpose for LGBTQ+ people on campus, please reach out!

Advisor for LGBTQ+ Affairs

Cody J. Sanders serves as chaplain and the Advisor for LGBTQ+ Affairs in the Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life at MIT. In addition to facilitating LGBTQ-focused programming and building relationships among offices serving LGBTQ+ members of the campus community, Cody is also available for one-on-one conversation. If you would like to contact him, please email revcody@mit.edu

Fall 2022

a multicolored church sanctuary with the text Queer Bible Study: The Parables of Jesus

A queer- and trans-affirming christian space for MIT & Harvard students

Each Thursday at 7:00pm, Sept. 29 - Dec. 1, via Zoom. Please complete this Interest Form for Zoom info.

Join as often as you'd like and at any point during the semester.

Facilitators:

Cody J. Sanders (he/him), Advisor, LGBTQ+ Affairs, MIT ORSEL

C.J. Fowler (he/him), M.Div Candidate, Harvard Divinity School