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The Value of Gay Pride and the Gospel Call to Radical Inclusion | Bernard Schlager

01 June 2025 by Bernard Schlager

On 18 March 2025, the Hungarian parliament passed legislation that outlaws gay pride events, even permitting the use of face-recognition technology to identify and penalize those who take part in such events. In an attempt to suppress gay pride parades, this hastily-passed law also attacks a cultural institution that is deeply treasured by countless LGBTQ+ […]

A New Book from CLGS: Mapping New Terrain in Queer Religious Scholarship: Essays in Honor of John Eastburn Boswell

31 May 2025 by Bernard Schlager

31 May 2025 CLGS is proud to announce the publication of Mapping New Terrain in Queer Religious Scholarship: Essays in Honor of John Eastburn Boswell. Edited by Bernard Schlager, Executive Director of the Center, this book contains 11 essays based upon lectures given in our annual CLGS John E. Boswell Lecture series. From the publisher, Routledge Press: […]

May Day, May Day!: Worker Solidarity and Black Queer Faith by Terence Mayo

08 May 2025 by CLGS

Across the United States on May 1, working people stood together for fair wages, respect, an end to the assault on immigrants, and more. May Day, with its radical roots in labor resistance and global solidarity, demands a reimagining through the lenses of queer of color critique and Black queer theology. In the current U.S. […]

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06 May 2025 by CLGS

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The 18th Annual | 2025 CLGS John E. Boswell Lecture: Professor Bryan Massingale Speaks on: James Baldwin and Black Queer Prophetic Lament (and Hope?)

05 May 2025 by CLGS

James Baldwin and Black Queer Prophetic Lament (and Hope?) Professor Bryan Massingale Thursday, 8 May 2025 | 4pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Click here to register in advance for this online lecture! James Baldwin is often invoked as a seminal figure in Black queer thought, but he is still underutilized as a source for (white) queer […]

Pope Francis, Catholic Leader Who Took Important Steps Toward LGBTQ Inclusion, Dies at 88

21 April 2025 by Bernard Schlager

21 April 2025 Statement from Bernard Schlager, PhD, CLGS Executive Director The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) mourns the passing today of Pope Francis (1936-2025), who was elected pope in 2013 and made modest but significant advances in LGBTQ inclusion. Francis will be remembered as a pope who brought a genuinely […]

CLGS is Accepting Applications for Our 2025-2026 Trans Religious Leadership Cohort!

02 April 2025 by CLGS

Trans Religious Leadership Cohort Application Click here to apply for the 2025-2026 Trans Religious Leadership Cohort! The application deadline is Friday, 9 May 2025 A Year-Long Leadership Development Program for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender-Nonconforming Seminarians and Religious Leaders in Training For the last thirteen years, CLGS, the Freedom Center for Social Justice and the National LGBTQ Task […]

Job Opening: Coordinator of the CLGS Asian American Pacific Islander Roundtable

10 March 2025 by CLGS

22 February 2025 CLGS is seeking to hire a part-time Coordinator of the CLGS Asian American Pacific Islander Roundtable. For a complete Job Description of this position, please click here. JOB OVERVIEW The Coordinator provides theological expertise as well as programmatic and convening support to the CLGS Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Roundtable by coordinating […]

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10 March 2025 by Bernard Schlager

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We Will Not Be Erased: A Reflection

28 February 2025 by Bernard Schlager

28 February 2025 | Des Moines, Iowa Only a month now into the new administration, the cascade of anti-LGBTQ actions on the part of President Trump and his appointees feels overwhelming, but we shouldn’t be surprised given how closely Trump is hewing to the ultra-conservative Project 2025, a plan that calls for, among other things, dismantling […]