Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS event! Recent years have shown alarming statistics that should compel Christian communities to minister to queer youth with special care. Given the polarization in our country over LGBTQ+ inclusion, the reported experience of queer youth’s upbringing, and the harmful rhetoric often promulgated by religious groups, it is […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS event! In this Online CLGS Queer & Latinx Faith Conversation PSR alum Rev. Rhina Ramos shares her experiences working with LGBTQ communities in El Salvador. Rev. Rhina Ramos is the pastor of Ministerio Latino, an open and affirming UCC congregation in Oakland, California. Ministerio Latino is a Spanish-speaking […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS event! In this online CLGS Lavender Lunch Father Shannon Kearns explores ideas from his recently-published book In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture, which weaves together stories from Shannon’s life into reflections on well-known biblical narratives—such as Jacob wrestling with the divine, Rahab and the […]
Click here to view this CLGS Jewish Queeries Series event! When Oscar-winning documentarian and LGBTQ activist Deborah Chasnoff is diagnosed with breast cancer, she turns the camera on herself and her chosen queer family. Underpinned by their decision to not hear her prognosis, ‘Chas’ and her wife Nancy Otto voice the tensions between the Jewish […]
Click here for a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! Privileged individuals will always find ways to get the health they need, whereas this is not always the case for Black queer folks. In this online CLGS Lavender Lunch, Dr. Sylvia Rhue and Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow explore how, in this current intersectional moment, we can educate ourselves […]
LGBTQ+ Latinx Health Guide on HIV/AIDS for Faith Communities A New Bilingual Resource from The CLGS Latinx Roundtable | Fe, Familia, Igualdad This guide, the newest resource created by the CLGS Latinx Roundtable, includes information on HIV/AIDS and how it has an impact on Latinx persons, families, and faith communities. In addition, this resource – […]
Under the guise of “parental rights” students are being shamed into silence and teachers are being censored. LGBTQ youth in Florida, and many others states, are subjected to fearmongering tactics to prevent them from speaking honestly about their own lived experiences. In addition to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, the Department of Education in […]