Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! The 1960’s began the rise of “out and proud” religious communities that welcomed LGBTQ+ people to come as their authentic selves. Congregational life and leadership has evolved since that time and the question of the relevance of queer congregations is debated today. In this CLGS […]
Click here to view a video recording of this online CLGS Asian American Pacific Island Roundtable! The purpose of AAPIRT’s annual zine, Sublime Divinations is to 1) provide a more spiritually expansive and exploratory creative space for LGBTQIA+ AAPI folks and their accomplices and 2) document and archive LGBTQIA+ AAPI stories and narratives around spirituality, faith, […]
Click here for a video recording of this CLGS Asian American Pacific Island Roundtable Presentation! How can polyamory/ethical non-monogamy as non-normative relational formation expand our understanding of spiritual community, wellbeing, and practice? View a recording of this AAPIRT presentation, an exploratory dialogue on the intersections of polyamory and faith and a consideration of how polyamorous frameworks […]
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 […]
Click here to view a video recording of this online CLGS Event! In this CLGS Asian American/Pacific Islander Roundtable APIRT workshop we focus on inner spiritual landscaping and explore the textures, sensations, sacred experiences connected with our inner landscapes as a form of compassionate queer altar making. Maij Vu Mai (they/he/sib/homie/fam, M.Div) currently serves as the […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Event! The Jewish holy day of Shavuot – beginning May 24th this year – raises profound issues of how queer people understand Scripture. As we empower ourselves as Torah interpreters, and center our own experiences and visions, the Torah becomes a living revelation rather than a […]