Joy dares us to live a deep spirit and spirituality. Joy dares us to live justice. Joy takes us out of the folds of the old wounds that make all of us perform unnatural acts like transsexism, sexism, and heterosexism. Joy means creating communities that are bodies of hope and righteousness that spit in the […]
Our friends from the Disciples Seminary Foundation are conducting a training on November 4th and we are happy to support them. Building an Inclusive Church Toolkit Training The Building an Inclusive Church Toolkit contains 20 years of experience and insight into how to build LGBT welcome and inclusion in congregations. The Toolkit has been developed by the Institute for […]
San Antonio, Texas, October 26, 2016– Over two-days, Latino/a/x clergy, social service providers, students and community members met to develop materials that include and affirm the experiences of LGBTQ+ people within the Latino/a/x community. “The opportunity to connect as people of faith who celebrate the gifts of our sexuality and gender is tremendous,” commented Rev. […]
Download PDF of Job Description Here Job title: Project Manager Job description: We are looking for a Latinx Roundtable Project Manager to coordinate a grant-funded project that provides resources for Latinx families with a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender loved one and for LGBT people in the United States and Latin America. The job […]
Greetings Friends and Colleagues, We would like to invite Open & Affirming Congregations of the Bay Area to participate in a first-of-its-kind research project on Open and Affirming faith communities who have made a commitment to affirm lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and welcome them fully into your congregation and ministry. Through […]
The diverse staff of the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion gathered in their yearly retreat in Berkeley, CA (June 20-21, 2016). As a multi-faith, multi-cultural group of different sexual orientations and gender identities, we jointly speak out in support of LGBTQ+ and Latinx people, and against gun violence and Islamophobia. As we gather […]
CLGS mourns the tragic deaths and injuries that took place in an Orlando gay club last night; with at least 50 dead and 53 wounded, it is the deadliest shooting in the last ninety years in America. Each person who was shot is a beloved child of God, deserving safety and dignity that was denied to […]
CLGS is proud to be a member of the steering committee for Transform California, a campaign to educate Californians about their transgender and gender variant neighbors. CLGS’s managing director, Justin Tanis, and PSR student Kelsey Pacha were at this morning’s press conference and have these words to say about the campaign: Justin Tanis I am a […]
The members of the Faith, Family, and Equality: The Latinx Roundtable, meeting in Berkeley, CA (May 23-25, 2016), want to express our unrelenting support of all LGBTQIA+ persons in North Carolina. As a faith-based queer Latinx organization we condemn the intent of HB2 or any other legislation that aims to or results in the disenfranchisement […]
Among M.Div. graduates, a new crop of transgender students By Jesse James DeConto | Published May 26, 2016 in Theological Education, Religious News Service Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tenn.; Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Conn., and Union Theological Seminary in New York City have all admitted transgender students. Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, […]