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We are excited to announce our online CLGS Lavender Lunches for Spring of 2025! Please join us for one – or more! – of these online events: Thursday, 6 February 2025: The Rainbow in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church with Chris Ngugi: (1pm to 2:15pm Pacific) Thursday, 6 March 2025: Ethics of Queer Holiness: Envisioning Queer […]
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17 December 2024 Dear Friends: Happy Holidays from CLGS! As we bring this year to a close, I am proud to report that our high-quality and innovative programs continue to make a real difference in the lives of LGBTQ people, our families, and our faith communities. Here are just a few highlights from our work […]
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20 November 2024 Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS/PSR Chapel Service This Community Chapel at Pacific School of Religion offered a time to gather in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience 2024 – and to honor the faith and resilience of our trans and non-binary siblings in our CLGS and […]
After an intensive search for a new Coordinator of the CLGS African American Roundtable, which yielded several excellent candidates, CLGS has recently hired Rev. Terence L. Mayo into this position. Welcome, Terence, to CLGS! Terence L. Mayo (he/they) is a Black queer feminist practical theologian, critical educator, and LGBTQIA+ youth advocate who strives to co-create change […]
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Raise Your Voice and Vote! As Candace Bond of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has written, “The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy and the fundamental right upon which all our civil liberties rest.” For LGBTQ+ people, voting is absolutely crucial in the ongoing struggle to ensure the civil rights of […]
11 October 2024 | Coming Out Day 2024 Under the guise of “parental rights” students are being shamed into silence and teachers are being censored. LGBTQ youth in Florida, and many others states, are subjected to fearmongering tactics to prevent them from speaking honestly about their own lived experiences. In addition to Florida’s so-called “Don’t […]
Click here for the CLGS October 2024 e-newsletter!