CLGS provides a range of resources for the constituencies served by the Center in academic, faith, and activist communities.

A Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview with Stephanie Battaglino. A Project of the CLGS Catholic Roundtable

16 February 2024 by Stephanie Battaglino

Queer and Catholic: An Oral History Interview with Stephanie Battaglino Click here to view a video recording of Part 1 of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Click here to view a video recording of Part 2 of this CLGS Queer and Catholic Oral History Interview! Stephanie Battaglino (she/her) is a trans woman, […]

52 Ways #7: Fully Incorporate LGBTQ People in Your Preaching and Teaching

16 February 2024

If LGBTQ people are to truly be able to apply the messages that are preached and taught in our communities of faith, we, like all people, need to hear words that are relevant to our lives. That means using examples and concepts that include people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. This is vital […]

Dancing Lions: Queer Asian Aesthetics, Ritual, and Movement Building: An Online CLGS AAPI Roundtable Workshop with Maij Mai

12 February 2024 by Maij Vu Mai

Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS AAPI Roundtable Workshop! In this online CLGS AAPI Roundtable Workshop, Maij Maij invites us to explore lion dancing’s embodiment of queer Asian aesthetics, ritual, and movement building and to consider adopting this framework as a way of embracing the culture-shifting possibilities of Queer Asian existence within […]

52 Ways #6: Learn More about LGBTQ People in your Community

09 February 2024

Take some time and learn more about LGBTQ people, especially those in your local community. It is important to understand the joys and challenges that the community experiences beyond the stereotypes. Recognize that there are people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in every racial and cultural group. Do some investigation: Find and explore […]

52 Ways #5: Honor the Contributions of LGBTQ African Americans

02 February 2024

2 February 2024 During February, Black History Month, honor the contributions of African American LGBTQ people. And don’t limit this to the month of February: honor African American LGBTQ people all year round! There are so many people have had a profound impact on the LGBTQ community, from the days of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s […]

Queer & Trans Embodied Altar Making with Maij Mai | A CLGS AAPI Roundtable Event

28 January 2024 by Maij Vu Mai

Click here for a video recording of this CLGS API Roundtable Event! How would our sense of spiritual liberation for LGBTQIA+ folks transform if we understood our embodied existence as sacred altars to the Divine? How can we tend to, nurture, and care for LGBTQIA+ bodies, in the words of trans theologian Liam Hooper, like […]

52 Ways #4: Regularly Affirm LGBTQ People and Our Families

26 January 2024

26 January 2024 This week we want to emphasize the value of positive messages. LGBTQ people and our families are exposed to homophobic and transphobic messages all the time — from preachers on the car radio, legislators pushing anti-trans bathroom bills, jokes around the water cooler, relatives who don’t understand, and on and on. Or […]