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Moving Forward with Fairness and Equality–An Update on the Work of CLGS’s African-American Roundtable

08 February 2019 by Bernard Schlager

By Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow, Coordinator of the African-American Roundtable After severe weather, the intensifying of Muller’s investigation and the longest government shutdown in our nation’s history (no telling when the next one could be coming), 2019 has started off with a bang! It is hard to catch one’s breath with all the news stories […]

Queerness Loves Beyond Borders

05 February 2019 by Bernard Schlager

by Nichola Torbett Love knows no borders. That is what it means to be queer. It means we love outside the lines. We are dissidents for love. We love in spite of obstacles. Queer people have the potential to show forth in a particularly vivid way the God-given capacity to love in spite of obstacles—in spite […]

Faith Community Applauds Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Pro-LGBTQ Executive Order

10 January 2019 by Bernard Schlager

Faith leaders praised Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer this week for issuing an executive order which aims to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people. Whitmer’s executive order provides nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ Michiganders who serve as state employees or state contractors. Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow, who works with African American clergy as part of The Umoja Project, […]

2018: An Exceptional Year Working for LGBTQ Wellbeing

22 December 2018 by Bernard Schlager

What a year it has been at The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS)! Since 2000 we have offered high-quality, innovative programs that make a genuine difference in the lives of LGBTQ people, our communities of faith, and our families. While we are proud of all our work over the years, I […]

We Know the Love of God/Conocemos el amor de Dios: A Reflection On the Trans Day of Remembrance

19 November 2018 by Bernard Schlager

By Davíd E. Patiño and the Transgender Seminarian Cohort As trans people, we know the love of God. We feel it in our bones, in the very skin that lines our bodies, in the very nature of who we are. God is that voice within us that shows us the way to authenticity, to self-love, […]

Continuing the Work: African-American Roundtable and Religious Liberty

08 October 2018 by Bernard Schlager

by Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow, Coordinator of the African-American Roundtable, rstringfellow@clgs.psr.edu In partnership with the Center for American Progress, the National LGBTQ Task Force, Freedom for All Americans, ACLU of Michigan, Equality Michigan and Inclusive Justice (Michigan’s progressive faith organizing council), I have continued my work with four African-American organizers who did outreach with several Black […]

Welcome to the 6th Trans Seminarian Cohort and a new Cohort Faculty Member

04 September 2018 by Bernard Schlager

By Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw, Coordinator, CLGS Transgender Roundtable The Trans Seminarian Cohort is a joint project of CLGS, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and the Freedom Center for Social Justice. The Cohort is a year-long program that runs from September through August. This month we will be welcoming our sixth Cohort to the program! We […]

The use of Latinx is transgressive and liberative!!!

04 September 2018 by Bernard Schlager

By Rev. Dr. Carla E. Roland Guzmán The use of Latinx is transgressive and liberative!!! Why does the Latinx Roundtable uses Latinx (LRT)? Language matters. Language not only describes our understanding of the world about us, but language can also shape our reality. Although I am a Latinx person from Puerto Rico, I often talk about […]

Jewish clergy summit confronts Trumpism

07 August 2018 by Bernard Schlager

In July the Jewish Roundtable of CLGS hosted a Summit for LGBTQ Jewish clergy on Confronting Trumpism. Forty spiritual leaders gathered for plenaries, workshops and worship. The rabbis and cantors were a diverse group: ranging in age from their twenties to their eighties; serving in academia, varying sized congregations, and social justice organizations; differently abled; […]

Free workshops on Intersectional work for Bay Area Communities of Faith

07 August 2018 by Bernard Schlager

The Coalition of Welcoming Congregations (CWC), a program of the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) is offering free workshops to Bay Area communities of faith to explore issues of intersectional justice. You’ll have the opportunity to engage one or more issues such as racial justice, immigration, and trans inclusion. Workshops are […]