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 […]
By the Rev. Roland Stringfellow, CLGS African American Roundtable Coordinator Published by the Detroit Free Press September 9, 2015 As a pastor and as a man of deep personal faith, I am called to serve God and all of God’s children. To me, that means walking in the footsteps of Christ in order to do […]
WDET, a local Detroit radio station, interviewed Rev. Roland Stringfellow, CLGS’ African American Roundtable Coordinator and Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights on September 8, 2015 about the relationship between religious liberty legislation and discrimination. Listen to the interview on WDET’s website. Additional Media Coverage of the Liberating Religious Liberty Detroit […]
A YEAR-LONG LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM In this amazing and intense opportunity, participants will attend and actively participate in 3 powerful conferences, build relationships with new and known colleagues, and journey deep into the meaning of what leadership means and feels like for people of faith who also identify as transgender or genderqueer. LEARNING FOUNDATIONS Members […]
Pacific School of Religion and its Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS) celebrated today’s landmark Supreme Court ruling as a victory for loving, same-gender couples. The decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, affirms the right of same-gender couples to marry throughout the United States. “Literally thousands of people from all faith traditions have worked […]
“We Are Praying for Equality” CLGS Statement on Oral Arguments for Same-Sex Marriage PRESS RELEASE PDF (Berkeley, CA | April 28, 2015) “We are praying for equality today as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on same sex marriage. There are many churches and synagogues that treat all couples—straight, lesbian, and gay—the same when it […]
Black LGBT Religious Leaders Act with Historically Black Churches: “Black Bodies Matter” LGBT Black Christians and faith leaders join tens of thousands of historically Black congregations, denominations and allies to wear black to church on Sunday, December 14 in response to police brutality: “Black LGBT bodies must matter, too!” Black_LGBT_Religious_Leaders_United Download Press Release Spokespersons • Bishop Yvette […]