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Faith as Liberation: CLGS at 25 Years of Life-Saving Work… and Counting!

by Bernard Schlager

1 September 2025 Twenty-five years ago this month, The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) at Pacific School of Religion was founded on a simple yet revolutionary premise: that faith and LGBTQ+ identity are not only compatible, but that religious leaders have a moral imperative to stand against hatred and discrimination. Today, […]

Professor Ish Ruíz, PhD, Director of the CLGS Catholic Roundtable

by CLGS

1 August 2025 CLGS is proud to announce that PSR Professor Ish Ruíz, PhD, has been appointed Director of the CLGS Catholic Roundtable, the newest of our Roundtable projects. As he assumes the leadership of this Roundtable, Professor Ruíz writes: “I envision a Church and a world that cherishes the diversity of gifts people of […]

CLGS Announces Our Fall 2025 Online Lavender Lunches

by CLGS

Our Fall 2025 Online Lavender Lunches Program ❦ Tuesday, 9 September 2025 | 1pm to 2:15pm (Pacific Time) |ONLINE Professor Lisa Asedillo: Queer, Called, and Conspiring: AAPI Theologies for a World on Fire Framed through the lens of Queer AZN and Pasifika Critical Race Theory (Alvarez et al., 2024), this presentation by PSR Professor Lisa Asedillo (Pacific […]

Liberating Love: A Call to Defend Marriage Equality | by Bernard Schlager

by Bernard Schlager

17 June 2025 The Southern Baptist Convention’s recent resolution demanding the Supreme Court overturn of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, is a stark reminder that the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in the United States is far from over. This resolution also signals a troubling denial of the radical love that […]

May Day, May Day!: Worker Solidarity and Black Queer Faith by Terence Mayo

by CLGS

Across the United States on May 1, working people stood together for fair wages, respect, an end to the assault on immigrants, and more. May Day, with its radical roots in labor resistance and global solidarity, demands a reimagining through the lenses of queer of color critique and Black queer theology. In the current U.S. […]

The 18th Annual | 2025 CLGS John E. Boswell Lecture: Professor Bryan Massingale Speaks on: James Baldwin and Black Queer Prophetic Lament (and Hope?)

by CLGS

James Baldwin and Black Queer Prophetic Lament (and Hope?) Professor Bryan Massingale Thursday, 8 May 2025 | 4pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Click here to register in advance for this online lecture! James Baldwin is often invoked as a seminal figure in Black queer thought, but he is still underutilized as a source for (white) queer […]