“What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best … is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love. And this is what we must see […]
The LGBT Religious Archives Network is inviting submissions of papers for the 2017-18 LGBT Religious History Award. This award is the only academic award given for research and writing in the field of LGBTQIA religious history. The guidelines for submissions can be found here: https://www.lgbtran.org/HistoryAward.aspx The deadline for submissions has been extended to Monday, December 11, 2017.
They Will Be Remembered: What Resilience Teaches Us, Transgender Day of Remembrance Posted by Pacific School of Religion on Tuesday, November 21, 2017
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we join with people around the world as we commemorate the many transgender, genderqueer and gender non-conforming people who were murdered because of who they are, the majority of whom are young, transgender women of color. Their deaths are a great loss to our community and to our world. We […]
The right of transgender people to work and support their families is under threat this week through the actions of the Trump Administration. Today, President Trump tweeted his intentions to not allow transgender people to serve in the US military, despite Pentagon studies showing little to no impact from the presence of transgender troops. This […]
CLGS is proud to be in solidarity with religious leaders across the country opposing legislation in Texas and other states that would legalize the right to discriminate. In a statement issued today, faith leaders across the country are speaking out against anti-LGBTQ bills. As a seminary-based organization comprised of people of faith, we have the […]
Gathering to continue their transformative work on LGBTQIA+ acceptance in the Latino/a/x community, members of Fe, Familia, Igualdad: The Latinx Roundtable issued the following statement: Faith, Family, Equality: The Latinx Roundtable condemns oppression and inequality and joins the anti-oppression efforts of the thousands of other LGBTQIA+ activists and allies at the Creating Change 2017 conference […]
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. […]
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 […]