3 October 2025 This year, we observe Banned Book Week from 5-11 October (2025). If you visit the American Library Association’s Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024, you will notice that 4 of the 10 were targeted because they include positive portrayals of LGBTQ+ people. When these books are removed or not included in […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch The Rainbow in the Seventh-day Adventist Church: The Nuances of Queer Identity and Activism in a Second Great Awakening Denomination In this first CLGS Lavender Lunch of 2025 Chris Ngugi (he/him), a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, shares with us his ministry with The Rainbow […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Latinx Roundtable Event! ¡Bienvenides! This CLGS Latinx Roundtable Event marked the launch of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month by celebrating the Latinx faculty at Pacific School of Religion (PSR): Professors Ish Ruiz, Alexandra Rosado-Román, and David Vásquez-Levy. View our reflections and discussion on some of the many ways […]
Click here for a video recording of this CLGS Transgender Roundtable Event! Trans Day of Visibility (TDoV) is celebrated on this year on 31 March 2024, and in interactive this workshop we explored the meaning and importance of TDoV and explore how to bring a full celebration of TDoV to your own religious/spiritual community. In this workshop […]
Trans Day of Remembrance is celebrated on Monday, 20 November 2023 If you are a religious leader in a congregation that is going to officially recognize Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR), that is wonderful. I wish that every faith community would lift up this day. This is a holy day of mourning. This is a […]
Click here for a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! On National Coming Out Day 2022, Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow follows up on his PSR Chapel “Coming Out Day” sermon to provide more details on the approach CLGS that takes in all of our our Roundtable projects. In this discussion we explore the unique […]
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 […]