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A Queer Easter Sunday: A Reflection by Dr. Ish Ruíz

by CLGS

On Easter Sunday 2025, I went to Mass at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in San Francisco’s Castro gayborhood. I walked through boisterous streets—I remember it was on 4/20, so the smell of weed was already in the air—and into a packed church. The liturgy was beautiful: flowers, music, incense, bodies gathered. The homily was […]

CLGS is a Proud Community Sponsor of The 22nd-Annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival: 12-14 June 2026

by CLGS

 The 22nd-Annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival Once again, CLGS is proud to serve as a Community Sponsor of the QWOCMAP Festival! “QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival, 47 films by queer women, nonbinary, and trans filmmakers of color, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s […]

Love in the Seat of Empire: Black Diasporic Survival as a Radical Practice | A Reflection by Rev. Terence Mayo

by Bernard Schlager

7 February 2026 Under U.S. fascist rule, Black love is often described as a personal ethic of self-care, chosen family, and community resilience. But it is also transnational: a radical, border-crossing practice that insists we are bound to one another across oceans, languages, and histories of extraction. Black love becomes the discipline of seeing, hearing, […]