26 September 2025 This week we are emphasizing the value of positive messages. LGBTQ people and our families are exposed to homophobic and transphobic messages all the time — from preachers on the car radio, legislators pushing anti-trans bathroom bills, jokes around the water cooler, relatives who don’t understand, and on and on. Or people […]
19 September 2025 Build coalitions with other communities of faith who are engaged in similar work and are LGBTQ inclusive! Working together in coalition can strengthen our work and remind us that we are part of a larger community. We can accomplish more together than we can as individuals. Find out which other congregations in […]
So you’re ready to welcome LGBTQ+ people at your place of worship. Fantastic! Now its time to let everyone know.
5 September 2025 Welcome to the fifth edition of our popular weekly blog on 52 Ways to Expand Your Welcome to LGBTQ+ People and Our Families! Each week during our Anniversary Year of 2025-2026 we will post suggestions on how your faith community can become more welcoming to – and inclusive of – LGBTQ+ People […]
Click here for a link to a video recording of this CLGS Transgender Roundtable event! In this workshop, members of the Trans Religious Leadership Cohort explored how rituals can be sources of collective and individual power, especially in times of transition. In addition, We Cohort members drew upon the deep histories of queer communities adeptly creating […]
Click here for a video recording of this CLGS African American Roundtable workshop! In a political climate that continues to dehumanize and erase Black Trans and Quare lives, how do we cultivate hope that is not just survival but a radical act of reimagining our futures? This CLGS African American Roundtable workshop centered Black Trans voices, […]
Click here for a video recording of this online CLGS event! This CLGS Transgender Roundtable interactive workshop empowers religious leaders, both lay and ordained, to move beyond the concept of “trans inclusion” and into a mindset of holistic affirmation for trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people in your religious community. Explore with us the barriers to affirmation […]