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The Fresh Start That We Actually Need
January 2024 Here we are at the start of a New Year! This is traditionally the time of year when people proclaim what they will do differently in their lives and announce what will be changed going forward. Some see this as a fresh start and an opportunity to become their best selves. I love […]
CLGS Applauds Papal Approval of Blessings for Same-Sex Couples | A CLGS Press Release
CLGS PRESS RELEASE 18 December 2023 In what is an initial – but nevertheless historically significant – step toward the celebration of committed relationships between persons of the same gender, today Pope Francis approved the blessing of couples in same-sex relationships. While today’s declaration does not overturn a 2021 ruling by the Vatican that had […]
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CLGS Marks World AIDS Day 2023: 1 December 2023
At The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion, we join with the World Health Organization (WHO) in honoring The Role of Communities in Driving Progress towards Ending AIDS on this World AIDS Day 2023, and we affirm the rights of all people to equitable access to health care so that everyone might live […]
The Genesis of CLGS, The Country’s First Seminary-Based LGBTQ+ Center
From The Office of Communications at Pacific School of Religion Since its founding in 2000, the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) at Pacific School of Religion (PSR) has served LGBTQ+ people, families, and faith communities through advocacy, community-building, education, and research. As the United States’ first seminary-based LGBTQ+ center, CLGS is […]
Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy: Why Christians Must Speak Out Against Christian Nationalism
Why Christians Must Speak Out Against Christian Nationalism In this op-ed piece PSR President Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy writes that “Christian Nationalism, and the ideologies that have fueled it from the very founding of our nation, have left a centuries-long trail of devastation that continues to this day. Through an alliance with White supremacy, it […]
The Space Between Us by Maij Vu Mai
The Space Between Us By Maij Vu Mai “…ritual is, above all else, the yardstick by which people measure their state of connection with the hidden ancestral realm, with which the entire community is genetically connected…The abandonment of ritual can be devastating…Where ritual is absent, the young ones are restless or violent, there are no […]
Happy Jewish New Year!
CLGS is an interfaith organization, affirming the importance of religious and cultural diversity. It includes a specifically Jewish Roundtable that serves the needs of Jewish queer people. September marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days. This period of religious observance opens with the Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShanah; continues with the Day of […]
The Bible Is Not A Weapon: Faith & Queerness with Bernard Schlager
Have you ever felt the weight of fear when your spirituality seems to contradict your identity? In this recent episode of the Deep Dive Podcast CLGS Executive Director Bernard Schlager and podcaster Shawn Fettig explore the intricate relationship between faith and queerness for LGBTQ people who grew up queer in the Christian settings. Click here […]