June 2, 2015: For Immediate Release

“Coming Out in Faith” LGBTQ Program at Gulfport Public Library

Contact: Dave Mather; dmather@mygulfport.us; (727) 893-1075

GULFPORT, FLORIDA: The Gulfport Public Library LGBTQ collection and online resource center will hold a program entitled Coming Out in Faith: Gay and Godly with author Susan Gore in the main area of Gulfport Public Library on Tuesday, June 16 at 7 p.m.

Susan Gore’s career is an exemplar of diversity in practice.  Since earning her Ph.D. in psychology from Vanderbilt University, she has been a college professor, Executive Director of the National Women’s Studies Association, a corporate marketing executive, the director of institutional marketing for a socially responsible money fund, a professional fundraiser, an EEOC investigator and, since 1992, the owner of The Mentor Group offering diversity consulting.  Gore is also is a founding member of six nonprofit organizations, including the American Psychological Association Division on the Psychological Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues.  As principal of The Mentor Group, she has provided guidance on LGBTQ issues to clients such as BP, GlaxoSmithKline, HP, IBM, Shell Oil and the Society for Human Resource Management.

Susan Gore is co-editor of Coming Out in Faith, which has been named “one of three must-reads” on the intersection of LGBTQ and faith-based identity by Huffington Post Religion contributor Janet Mason.  Her next book, Gays God and the Workplace: Not Mutually Exclusive is forthcoming.

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