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

Vote with Love! with Rev. Michael Neuroth | A CLGS Queering the 2024 Vote Workshop

25 September 2024 by Michael Neuroth

Click here to view a video recording of this online CLGS Workshop! A CLGS Queering the 2024 Vote* Workshop Series In this first workshop in the CLGS Queering the 2024 Vote series, we explored the United Church of Christ’s Our Faith Our Vote | Vote with Love! campaign with Rev. Michael Neuroth, Director of the UCC Office […]

Transitioning to Inclusion: Embracing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth in Faith Communities

21 August 2024

This resource was written by Kelsey Pacha, CLGS’ Youth Resources Coordinator, and made possible by a grant from the Atkinson Foundation. Through their generosity, CLGS has worked with congregations, parents, and religious educators in San Mateo County and beyond to create this resource.

Hineini! | Here I Am!: Jewish Liturgy Old and New in Celebration of LGBTQ Pride | A CLGS Jewish Queeries Series Event

19 June 2024 by Ariel Tovlev, Yoel Kahn

Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Jewish Queries Series event! “Hear the gay shouts of liberation in the tents of the just!” (Psalm 118:15). Reciting the festival liturgy on Pride Shabbat was an important innovation at Congregation Beth Simchat Torah in New York, founded in 1973; so was this early gay-inclusive new […]

Queer and Catholic: Making Sense of Recent (and Confusing) Catholic Statements on LGBTQ Issues

04 June 2024 by Bernard Schlager, Ish Ruiz, Marianne Duddy-Burke

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Click above video link to view a recording of this webinar! LGBTQ-RAN, DignityUSA, and the CLGS Catholic Roundtable co-sponsored this webinar which features an exploration of recent (and confusing!) statements by Roman Catholic leaders on homosexuality, Transgender persons, and same-sex relationships. While, on the one hand, Pope Francis has made some positive statements regarding queer […]

Valuing Families: Christian Education for the Household of God: A Workshop for API Communities of Faith

21 May 2024 by Maij Vu Mai

Click here to view a video recording of the CLGS Asian American/Pacific Islander Roundtable event! This program offered an overview of Valuing Families: Christian Education for the Household of God, a CLGS curriculum that focuses on API experiences of, and commitment to, extended family in Christian community and to the welcome and inclusion of LGBTQ people […]

Mi Dor L’Dor: Queer Jews Across The Generations | A CLGS Jewish Queeries Series Event

15 May 2024 by Ariel Tovlev, Avi Rose, Megan Doherty

Click here for a video recording of this CLGS Jewish Queries Series! As the first generation of openly queer Jews becomes our elders, younger queer Jews are continuing the labor of organizing, advocating and building lives and community. This panel of clergy represents three generations who reflect together on the challenges and changes that have shaped […]

Transitioning to Inclusion: A Guide to Welcoming Transgender Children and Their Families in Your Community of Faith

02 May 2024 by Kelsey Pacha

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This resource was written by Kelsey Pacha for CLGS, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry at Pacific School of Religion, and made possible by a grant from the Atkinson Foundation. Through their generosity, CLGS has worked with congregations, parents, and religious educators in San Mateo County and beyond to create […]