Trans Religious Leadership Cohort Application Click here to apply for the 2025-2026 Trans Religious Leadership Cohort! The application deadline is Thursday, 1 May 2025 A Year-Long Leadership Development Program for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender-Nonconforming Seminarians and Religious Leaders in Training For the last thirteen years, CLGS, the Freedom Center for Social Justice and the National LGBTQ Task […]
22 February 2025 CLGS is seeking to hire a part-time Coordinator of the CLGS Asian American Pacific Islander Roundtable. For a complete Job Description of this position, please click here. JOB OVERVIEW The Coordinator provides theological expertise as well as programmatic and convening support to the CLGS Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Roundtable by coordinating […]
20 November 2024 Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS/PSR Chapel Service This Community Chapel at Pacific School of Religion offered a time to gather in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience 2024 – and to honor the faith and resilience of our trans and non-binary siblings in our CLGS and […]
After an intensive search for a new Coordinator of the CLGS African American Roundtable, which yielded several excellent candidates, CLGS has recently hired Rev. Terence L. Mayo into this position. Welcome, Terence, to CLGS! Terence L. Mayo (he/they) is a Black queer feminist practical theologian, critical educator, and LGBTQIA+ youth advocate who strives to co-create change […]
Happy Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month! Traditionally celebrated from September 15 to October 15, this is a time to honor our Hispanic and Latinx heritage and the many contributions our culture offers to society and the world of theological education. At CLGS, and at PSR, we celebrate our familia and express our gratitude for the invaluable contributions […]
1 June 2024 CLGS is currently seeking to hire a part-time Coordinator of the CLGS African American Roundtable. For a complete Job Description of this position, please click here. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1 August 2024 JOB OVERVIEW The Coordinator provides theological expertise as well as programmatic and convening support to the African American Roundtable by coordinating […]
CLGS is proud to welcome Rabbi Yoel Kahn as our Interim Coordinator of the CLGS Jewish Roundtable. Welcome, Yoel! A Bay Area native, Rabbi Yoel Kahn graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, in 1985. He received his Ph.D. from the Graduate […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]