CLGS works closely with the news media to present broader and more representative religious perspective on LGBTQ issues. As a result, the Center has become one of the leading voices on LGBTQ issues and religion. Below outlines the expertise of our staff and associates on various topics.
For general media inquiries, please contact Bernard Schlager at 510-849-8278 or bschlager@clgs.psr.edu
Experts List
CLGS Executive Director
Contact: 510/849-8278 (office phone); bschlager@clgs.psr.edu
Expertise: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)issues in Christian history; LGBT families and parents; LGBT religious history; pastoral care of LGBT people.
Bernard Schlager, CLGS Executive Director and Visiting Associate Professor of Historical and Culture Studies at Pacific School of Religion, is an expert on LGBT issues in Protestant and Catholic Christianity and LGBT religious history in general. Holding a PhD from Yale University in the History of Christianity, where he studied with internationally-renowned LGBT religious historian John Boswell, Schlager has taught at Trinity College(Hartford), Middlebury College, University of New Hampshire and Yale University. His most recent book is Ministry Among God’s Queer Folk: LGBT Pastoral Care, published in 2007 by Pilgrim Press.
Coordinator, CLGS Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations
Contact: 510/849-8206 (office phone); rstringfellow@clgs.psr.edu
Expertise: LGBT issues at the congregational level; political and religious activism on religious freedom legislation, African-American churches and LGBT issues.
Rev. Roland Stringfellow, ordained with the Metropolitan Community Church and licensed with the United Church of Christ, has been consulted by media outlets regarding his work on marriage equality and the role people of color and communities of faith played in the national debate. In 2012, he has expanded his outreach by having several articles published in the Huffington Post andhe has been interviewed on public radio, on broadcast television and in numerous print outlets regionally and nationally (ABC News, Salon.com, Associate Press, New York Times, Los Angeles Times).