Some people use non-gendered pronouns to identify themselves because it better reflects who they are than “he” or “she.” You can make it clear that your congregation welcomes them by creating space to name our own pronouns. And—because we respect the grammar lovers among us—let us assure you that these are perfectly acceptable in English […]
Click here for a video recording of this CLGS event! In this interactive workshop members of the Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort, a group of trans and nonbinary seminary students, explore religious leadership in our current social and political climate. Presenters also invited attendees to explore their own beliefs to help “queer” the concept of theological education […]
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 to view a video recording of this online CLGS Event! In this interactive webinar designed for chaplains, CPE students, and anyone with an interest in providing quality care to transgender and nonbinary people in healthcare settings we explore the added stressors that trans people face in healthcare settings, and how the chaplain encounter can […]
Click HERE to view a video recording of this CLGS Transgender Roundtable event! With today’s increasingly hostile attitude toward trans and nonbinary people, it is vital that we lift up the voices of those who are doing the work of trans liberation and religious leadership. In this CLGS conversation, the students of our Trans Seminarian […]
Click here to view a video recording of this online CLGS Event! CLGS was proud to host the book launch for Liberating Gender for Jews and Allies: The Wisdom of Transkeit (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022), an extraordinary collection of essays by trans Jews and allies explores cutting-edge ideas about gender through the lenses of tradition, art, […]