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Our Fall 2026 Program Calendar!
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The Journey to Trans Joy: A Reflection by Jakob Hero-Shaw
It’s 1996, I’m 17. I’m awkward and uncomfortable. I’ve just learned how to tightly wrap an ace bandage around my chest. I’m wearing too many layers to survive in the Florida heat. I don’t have words for what I am. I feel very alone. In my Walkman, I have the mixtape I made on my […]
Check out our August 2026 e-newsletter!
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CLGS Announces Our Fall 2026 Lavender Lunches Schedule
Our Fall 2026 Lavender Lunches Program ❦ Tuesday, 15 September 2026 | 1pm to 2:15pm (Pacific Time) |In-Person at PSR and ONLINE The MCC Hymnal: A Queer Denomination Sings Its Faith with Rev. Elder Jim Mitulski and Bernie Schlager: What does it sound like when a denomination founded by and for queer people sings its […]
Join us for Berkeley Pride 2026!
Once again, CLGS is a proud sponsor of Berkeley Pride 2026! Come celebrate with us on Sunday, 30 August 2026 from 11am to 5pm (Pacific Time) At Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Park 2151 Martin Luther King Jr Way in Berkeley, California!
Rev. Dr. Aizaiah Yong is our 16th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecturer!
Click here to register in advance for this ONLINE lecture Contemplation, Creativity, and the Call to Collective Liberation: Exploring James Baldwin and the Via Feminina with Rev. Dr. Aizaiah Yong The 16th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 4pm (Pacific Time) This will be an ONLINE Lecture In a moment marked by intensifying social, […]
Check out our June-July 2026 e-newsletter!
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Black Queer Music as Holy Frequencies: A Reflection by Rev. Terence Mayo
6 June 2026 African American music has always been grounded in sacred sounds, rhythms, and embodied communal practices. In fact, African American music is more than sound; it is testimony, survival, memory, protest, pleasure, praise, and world-making. As June 2026 holds together Black Music Month and Pride Month, we are invited to hear Black music […]
CLGS offers online Micro Certificate in Christian Social Activism: An Introduction for LGBTQ+ Activists | July 2026
This course has now closed registration. Join the waitlist to be the first notified when the course is offered again! Click here to join the waitlist for this online CLGS Micro Certificate program! Instructor: Professor Bernard Schlager, PhD, Associate Professor of Historical & Cultural Studies at Pacific School of Religion, and Executive Director of PSR’s […]
CLGS offers online Micro Certificate in Catholic LGBTQ+ Ministry in June 2026
Click here to register for this online CLGS microcertificate program! Taught by Pacific School of Religion Professor Ish Ruiz, PhD, this microcertificate provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Catholic LGBTQ+ ministry by weaving together Scripture, Tradition, theology, ethics, and pastoral practice. Imagine A More Just, Compassionate, And Hopeful Church With Radical Inclusion This CLGS […]