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CLGS Announces Our ONLINE Fall 2020 Lavender Lunches!

22 August 2020 by CLGS

CLGS proudly announces our Fall 2020 Lavender Lunch Series | All Lunches will be held ONLINE Celebrating the Ministries of PSR Alums ❦ Tuesday, 15 September 2020 | 12:10pm (Pacific Time) |ONLINE at www.clgs.psr.edu Nicole Santamaría, CSSC, MAST: Ministry at El/La Para TransLatinas International activist, art therapist, and educator Nicole Santamaría will speak about their […]

Queering Your Spiritual Leadership
A Fall 2020 ONLINE Graduate Course

11 August 2020 by Bernard Schlager

This online course offers a brief introduction to – and broad overview of – queer spiritual leadership as evidenced in the lives, writings, and activism of several queer leaders and organizations in US history. Students will be invited to reflect upon, articulate, and hone their own personal visions of spiritual leadership through a variety of […]

CLGS August 2020 e-newsletter

09 August 2020 by Bernard Schlager

CLGS August 2020 e-newsletter

An August 2020 Online Course: Gender and Sexuality in the Bible!

28 July 2020 by Bernard Schlager

This graduate-level, 3-credit course is offered online from 3 August 2020 through 14 August 2020 (Monday thru Friday). For more information, contact Professor Sharon Jacob at: sjacob@psr.edu. This course will examine the ways in which ancient views on gender and sexuality inform and influence Biblical Texts. We will read texts from the Jewish Scriptures and the Greco-Roman contexts […]

CLGS Mourns the Closure of the Religious Institute — and Celebrates Its Life-Changing Work

24 July 2020 by Bernard Schlager

This week the Religious Institute, “a multifaith organization dedicated to advocating for sexual, gender, and reproductive health, education, and justice in faith communities and society” announced that it would cease operations after 20 years of effective, far-reaching, and life-giving work. To quote the recent statement issued by RI’s Board of Directors, “the work of the Religious […]

CLGS July 2020 e-newsletter

04 July 2020 by Bernard Schlager

CLGS July 2020 e-newsletter

Accidental Activist: In Appreciation of the Life and Legacy of Aimee Australia Stephens

03 July 2020 by Bernard Schlager

On Monday morning, June 15, 2020, the US Supreme Court declared that federal law now protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination. The 6-3 opinion was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch who was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts. The decision came as quite a pleasant surprise for LGBTQ activists who have been working tirelessly on obtaining […]

LGBTQ-RAN Becomes Independent 501(c)3 Organization

02 July 2020 by CLGS

CLGS is pleased to announce that, effective 1 July 2020, LGBTQ-RAN (The LGBTQ Religious Archives Network) has become an independent 501(c)3 organization. Based in Chicago, Illinois, LGBTQ-RAN is an online organization that assists LGBTQ religious leaders and groups in determining how best to preserve their records and papers in appropriate repositories; in addition, the organization […]

CLGS Deplores Trump’s Denial of Health Care Protections for Trans People

13 June 2020 by Bernard Schlager

CLGS PRESS RELEASE 13 June 2020 The CLGS Transgender Roundtable, a program of the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS), deplores the recent decision of the Trump administration to deny the civil rights of Transgender people by allowing medical professionals, hospitals, and insurance companies to discriminate on the basis of gender identity. […]

CLGS June 2020 e-newsletter

07 June 2020 by Bernard Schlager

CLGS June 2020 e-newsletter