LGBTQ History

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Queering Wesley, Queering the Church: A Lavender Lunch with Keegan Osinski

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Click here for a video recording of this online CLGS event! In this Lavender Lunch theologian and librarian Keegan Osinski discusses her recent book, Queering Wesley, Queering the Church, (Cascade Books, 2021) and its presentation of a prototype for thinking about Wesleyan holiness as an expansive openness to the love and grace of God in queer Christian lives rather […]

This Month in Queer Religious History | October: National Coming Out Day

1 October 2025 This Month in Queer Religious History* National Coming Out Day (October 1988) Every year we celebrate the 11th of October as National Coming Out Day, a powerful annual reminder of the importance of visibility, authenticity, and freedom for LGBTQ+ individuals. With roots in the political activism of the late 1980s, National Coming […]

This Month in Queer Religious History | September: The Founding of DignityUSA

1 September 2025 This Month in Queer Religious History* The Founding of DignityUSA (September 1969) In early 1969, a year that would see the Stonewall uprising in New York City galvanize the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, an Augustinian priest in San Diego was quietly planting seeds for what would become one of the most enduring […]

The 14th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture: Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel

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Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture Sacred Reckonings with the Doctrine of Discovery’s Betrayal: What Queerness Teaches Us About Strategies of Resistance, Embodied Joy, and Acts of Reparation with Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel The 14th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture Recorded on Thursday, 17 October 2024   Rev. […]

A New Book from CLGS: Mapping New Terrain in Queer Religious Scholarship: Essays in Honor of John Eastburn Boswell

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15 April 2025 CLGS is proud to announce the publication of Mapping New Terrain in Queer Religious Scholarship: Essays in Honor of John Eastburn Boswell. Edited by Bernard Schlager, Executive Director of the Center, this book contains 11 essays based upon lectures given in our annual CLGS John E. Boswell Lecture series. From the publisher, Routledge Press: […]

Raices: Reclaiming Our Indigenous Spiritual Heritage with Cecilia Titizano la Fuente, PhD | A CLGS Latinx Roundtable Event

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Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Latinx Roundtable Event! This CLGS Latinx Roundtable Event explored the intersections of Latinidad, indigenous heritage, and Christian spirituality. Christianity has a lot to learn from our indigenous heritage! In this presentation, explored key components of indigenous spirituality that might help inform our faith and help us […]