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Bishop Megan Rohrer is our 12th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecturer!

14 October 2021 by Bernard Schlager

Click here to register for this ONLINE Lecture, which will be offered via Zoom! Trans Theology Without Apology: Using Art and Historical Exegesis to Celebrate Trans Figuration and the Trans Aesthetic in the Bible with Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer The 12th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture ONLINE on Thursday, 14 October 2021, at 6:30pm | Pacific Time Veiled metaphors […]

CLGS Celebrates National Coming Out Day: 11 October 2021!

08 October 2021 by Bernard Schlager

11 October 2021 Happy National Coming Out Day ! 33 years ago, the first National Coming Out Day (NCOD) was celebrated as a way to emphasize the importance of living as an “out” lesbian or gay person. Today, NCOD is an international observance that has expanded to celebrate the many ways in which people choose […]

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06 October 2021 by Bernard Schlager

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CLGS Celebrates LGBTQ-RAN’s 20th Anniversary!

23 September 2021 by Bernard Schlager

CLGS joins LGBTQ-RAN (The LGBTQ-Religious Archives Network) in celebrating their 20 years (and counting!) of vital work in preserving the history of LGBTQ religious leaders and movements! Click here for more information on LGBTQ-RAN’s 20th Anniversary Celebration.

CLGS Welcomes Maij Mai as Coordinator of our Asian/Pacific Islander Roundtable!

10 September 2021 by Bernard Schlager

The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) at Pacific School of Religion is pleased to welcome Maij Mai as our new Coordinator of the CLGS Asian/Pacific Islander (API) Roundtable. Maij, who lives and works in/from North Carolina, began their work in this position on 1 September 2021. Below is a brief biographical […]

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07 September 2021 by Bernard Schlager

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CLGS Announces Our Fall 2021 ONLINE Lavender Lunch Series!

21 August 2021 by Bernard Schlager

The CLGS Fall 2021 ONLINE Lavender Lunch Series Tuesday, 14 September 2021 | 12:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Queering Wesley, Queering the Church with Keegan Osinski In this Lavender Lunch theologian and librarian Keegan Osinski discusses her recent book, Queering Wesley, Queering the Church, (Cascade Books, 2021) and its presentation of a prototype for thinking about Wesleyan […]

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23 July 2021 by Bernard Schlager

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The Pink and Purple Church in the Castro: An Online Audio Documentary

28 June 2021 by CLGS

CLGS recommends The Pink and Purple Church in the Castro: An online audio documentary about The Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco. Click here to listen! ABOUT THE AUTHORS Lynne Gerber is an independent scholar whose work is focused on religion, the body, and morality in the United States. She is the author of Seeking […]

Rev. Roland Stringfellow: The Colors of Pride Is a Celebration Beyond Parades and Parties

24 June 2021 by CLGS

Click here for a commentary (published in The Advocate) by Rev. Roland Stringfellow, Coordinator of the CLGS African American Roundtable!