About NRJ-API-LGBT

Who are we?

The Network on Religion and Justice for Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people (NRJ-API-LGBT) is a

network of

working to nurture and support efforts toward a fully LGBT-inclusive Asian and Pacific Islander Christian community.

The NRJ is currently funded and coordinated by the Racial Ethnic Roundtable Project of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry.

[Where We're Coming From - click here to read history of the NRJ from 2004-2009]

Who's in our network?

Organizations participating in the NRJ network include:

If you'd like to get involved, contact Elizabeth Leung at eleung@clgs.org or (510) 849-8937 (voicemail).
or join the NRJ-API-LGBT e-list on YahooGroups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nrj-api-lgbt

Our staff

Rev. Elizabeth Leung, PhD, a Coordinating Minister for the Racial Ethnic Roundtable project at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, is the part-time coordinator for the NRJ-API-LGBT.

Rev. Leung is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ with ecumenical experiences in Catholic, Evangelical, Baptist, Presbyterian, Mennonite, Lutheran traditions.

She facilitates bible studies for API queers and allies in the areas of gospels spiritualities, sexuality in the bible, theology and the bible. She also conducts sexuality education and anti-heteronormative Christian spirituality workshops in churches, and speaks on panels about intersections of sexualities, ethnicities and gospel-oriented Christianity.

As a scholar of Christian Spirituality, Dr. Leung teaches graduate theology courses in Christian mysticism, sexuality and Christian spiritualities, LGBT religious concerns from postcolonial perspectives, and has published in the Belgian journal Studies in Spirituality. She is a Hong Kong native and is fluent in her native Cantonese and English.

Rev. Elizabeth Leung can be reached at eleung@clgs.org or (510) 849-8937 (voicemail).