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Death is a Drag I picked up Tiffani today. A man with kind eyes brought her to me in a black plastic box. He asked me to confirm that the name, date of birth, and other details on the death certificate were right. Technically, legally, all was correct. But none of this was right. How […]
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The CLGS Spring 2022 ONLINE Lavender Lunch Series Tuesday, 8 February 2022 | 12:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Love Tenderly: Sacred Stories of Lesbian and Queer Religious with Grace Surdovel, IHM, and Co-Authors In this CLGS Lavender Lunch, Roman Catholic Sisters Grace Surdovel, IHM, Sue Becker, RDC, Jeanne Christensen, RSM, and Mary Kay Dobrovolny, RSM, reflect on their recently-published […]
It was the day before Christmas Eve when I tested positive for Covid-19. Deeply despondent and shook by the fact that I had tested positive, the rest of that day was a blur. I went on what I like to call my “tested positive for Covid” tour- frantic phone calls to loved ones informing them […]
1 January 2022 Happy New Year from the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS)! As we open a new calendar year, I am proud to report that our high-quality and innovative programs will continue to make a real difference in the lives of LGBTQ people, our families, and our faith communities. Looking […]
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1 December 2021 As we head toward the end of another year living with the Coronavirus, the fear, concern, and caution that we all have grown accustomed to is becoming engrained in our normal daily lives. Talk about the leftovers from Thanksgiving! Many of us are dealing with the leftovers from the “4 P’s” of […]
At The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion, we believe in the United Nations theme for this World AIDS Day: End Inequalities. End AIDS. We affirm the rights of all people to equitable access to health care so that everyone might live with healthy bodies, minds, and spirits. Today, we remember the 37.7 […]
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Language Matters by Rev. Carla E. Roland Guzmán, PhD | Coordinator, Faith, Family, Equality / The CLGS Latinx Roundtable Recently, in a Bible study, I was described as “literal.” I was taken aback by this description since I don’t consider myself a literal reader of scripture. In the continued conversation, what was in fact being meant, […]