CLGS May 2020 e-newsletter
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Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw, CLGS Trans Roundtable Coordinator: On Being a Faith Leader Who is Also A Trans Person
As a pastor, I am always happy when one of my congregants represents our church in the community. Recently, a congregant was attending a community event and was approached by someone she did not know. This person said to my congregant, in a gossipy stage whisper, “I knew your pastor when he was a she.” […]
LGBTQ Leaders Meet with Congressional Representatives About Non-Discrimination Protections
CLGS is in its second year of working as a part of a national coalition of equality organizations to educate federal policymakers about the harms caused to LGBTQ people by discrimination and the need for a federal response to anti-LGBTQ discrimination. Equality organizations from North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Ohio, Georgia and Utah are meeting with […]
Kelsey Pacha: “7 Ways to Support Trans and Gender Expansive People Right Now”
Click here for “7 Ways to Support Trans and Gender Expansive People Right Now”! Kelsey Pacha is a queer-identified transman who has worked with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people for 13 years, primarily in non-profit settings. He holds a Master of Arts in Religion and Psychology, a Master of Divinity, and a Certificate […]
Welcoming Our Seventh Annual Trans Seminarian Cohort
The Trans Seminarian Cohort, a joint project of CLGS, the Freedom Center for Social Justice, and the National LGBTQ Task Force, enters its seventh year this fall! Every year, five to six seminary students who identify as transgender, genderqueer, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming are selected to journey together for one academic year. In this program, […]
Gay Orthodox Rabbinical Student Refused Ordination
By Jane Litman, Coordinator, Jewish Roundtable Most people are not aware that even within Orthodox Judaism there are great differences in practice and outlook. Twenty years ago, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) was founded in opposition to the more socially conservative Yeshivah College, as a haven for Modern (or Open) Orthodox future rabbis. Since then, YCT […]
Grieving with LGBTQ and Allied United Methodists
Update: Please join us on Tuesday, April 23 at Pacific School of Religion as Rev. Israel Alvaran of Reconciling Ministries Network speaks on “Moving Forward: LGBTQ People in the United Methodist Church.” CLGS grieves with our United Methodist kin following the General Conference’s decision to strengthen its anti-LGBTQ stance this week. This action would continue […]
LGBTQ Pastoral Care Book Updated
A second edition of the LGBTQ pastoral care resource, Ministry Among God’s Queer Folk, by Bernard Schlager and David Kundtz is back in print. Bernie Schlager, executive director of CLGS, comments, “My contributions to this co-authored book – both the first and now the second editions – reflect my work of almost 20 years at PSR’s […]
Faith Community Applauds Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Pro-LGBTQ Executive Order
Faith leaders praised Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer this week for issuing an executive order which aims to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people. Whitmer’s executive order provides nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ Michiganders who serve as state employees or state contractors. Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow, who works with African American clergy as part of The Umoja Project, […]