CRIS SERRA
Cris Serra is a Psychologist (CRP/05 34086) who graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1997/98). Serra has a Master’s degree and is a PhD student in Collective Health (Human Sciences Applied to Health) at the Institute of Social Medicine Hesio Cordeiro of UERJ, with research in gender and religion funded by a CNPq grant. Serra also served as collaborator of the Psychology and Laicity Axis of the Regional Commission on Human Rights of CRP-RJ from 2015-2019, and of the Laicity Axis and Psychology of CRP-RJ in the 2020-2022 administration. Serra has been an activist of the Brazilian Catholic LGBTQI+ movement since 2008, and was part of the 2018-2021 coordination team of the National Network of LGBT Catholic Groups. Since then, Serra has been coordinating the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC) since December 2020, while currently maintaining a position as an activist for Catholics for the Right to Decide.
Address to access this curriculum: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4378753153156488.
Publications in English:
- SERRA, Cris . Diversity as a gift: LGBTQI+ Roman Catholic organizations in twenty-first-century Brazil. International Journal of Latin American Religions, v. 1, p. 1-33, 2021. Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41603-021-00152-4