Applications are now closed. Check back in early 2017 information about the 2017-2018 cohort. Thanks to all the amazing trans* and genderqueer folks who applied. For the last three years, CLGS’ Transgender Roundtable, the Freedom Center for Social Justice and the National LGBTQ Task Force have sponsored a year-long leadership development program for transgender and genderqueer seminarians in […]
If you were not able to join us on Thursday, February 18, 2016, for this special lecture with Dr. Nami Kim, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, we are pleased to offer the video recording for your viewing. We will continue to make this important scholarship accessible for the work and ministry […]
We’ve been so many places this year as we continue to advocate for LGBTQ people throughout the Americas. In the long tradition of CLGS, we’ve done this by offering messages of affirmation and innovative resources that hold the promise of spiritual and social transformation. This year we have been honored to stand alongside African American pastors […]
A few weeks ago, as I led my congregation and members of the community in a vigil for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, I caught myself thinking about what elements of the service I will keep or change when this event rolls around next year. As a pastor, of course, it is easy to […]
Faith, freedom and leadership were explored and challenged by over 60 clergy and laity at a symposium entitled “Liberating Religious Liberty” September 10 on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit. The purpose of the gathering was to help equip religious leaders articulate a positive definition of religious liberty and explain why religious liberty […]
Rev. Dr. Justin Tanis, Managing Director at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, answered a series of questions offered by the Rainbow Times, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on marriage equality. The questions and answers focus on the intersection of marriage equality and religious liberty. The answers are presented in a four-part series by Paul P. Jesep in […]
On the weekend of October 15-18, Queer Clergy from around the country gathered in Portland, OR to engage the prodigious talents and prophetic voices of seasoned leaders in exploring ways activate faith communities in the Black Lives Matter movement. The goal of the convening was to “chart a clear path to activate hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ people of […]
22 September 2015 CLGS mourns the death today of John McNeill (1925-2015), Jesuit priest, author of The Church and the Homosexual (and many other notable books), social justice activist, psychotherapist, and scholar of religion. John and his husband Charlie have been good friends and faithful supporters of CLGS since our founding in 2000. We are […]
Dear Friends of CLGS: I write to let you know that John McNeill, Jesuit priest, author of The Church and the Homosexual (and many other notable books), social justice activist, psychologist, and scholar of religion entered hospice Saturday, September 19, 2015 in Florida. Please pray for John and his husband, Charlie, during this time; his […]
In 2013, Abraham Darly was working at an Ugandan LGBTQ youth center. He was also in a same-gender relationship with a minister. When another pastor discovered Abraham’s relationship, he feared it would shame the entire church. Several pastors forced Abraham into a car and brought him to the police, who interrogated him about his relationship. The pastors threatened Abraham and banned him […]