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

Drag and Spirituality: A Lavender Lunch with John Brett, Ms. Penny Cost, Flamy Grant, and Bonnie Violet

23 September 2021 by John Brett

Click here for a video recording of this online CLGS event! Many queer folk, especially those with expansive or marginalized gender presentation, face religious and spiritual trauma in their faith communities. In this CLGS Lavender Lunch we engaged with drag ministers, chaplains, and grassroots spiritual practitioners as they share about their ministries of healing and liberation […]

Mental Health Care and Latinx Theology/Activism with Professor MT Dávila: A CLGS Queer & Latinx Faith Conversation

16 September 2021 by MT Dávila

Click here for a video recording of this online CLGS event! In this Queer & Latinx Faith Conversation, sponsored by The CLGS Latinx Roundtable | Fe, Familia, Igualdad, Professor MT (Maria Teresa) Dávila explores connections and intersections between the promotion and cultivation of mental health for all persons and the Christian call to activism in the public […]

An LGBTQIA+ Vocabulary | An Updated CLGS Resource for Faith Communities

15 September 2021

An LGBTQIA+ Vocabulary: A Resource for Faith Communities Contents Dear Reader Defining Broad Concepts LGBTQIA+ Symbols Vocabulary Words Not to Use or to Use Only With Permission Additional Resources for LGBTQIA+ People of Faith and Allies Sources ❦ Dear Reader: Since 2000, The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) at Pacific School […]

Queering Wesley, Queering the Church: A Lavender Lunch with Keegan Osinski

14 September 2021 by Keegan Osinski

Click here for a video recording of this online CLGS event! In this Lavender Lunch theologian and librarian Keegan Osinski discusses her recent book, Queering Wesley, Queering the Church, (Cascade Books, 2021) and its presentation of a prototype for thinking about Wesleyan holiness as an expansive openness to the love and grace of God in queer Christian lives rather […]

The CLGS Archives Project

04 August 2021

The CLGS Archives Project seeks to obtain, preserve, and make available the papers of significant individuals and organizations in the history of religion and LGBTQ issues in American society. Comprised of a growing number of collections (below), the Archives Project makes CLGS a leading resource center for the history of LGBTQ persons and religion and […]

The Fight for Full Equality Under the Law: Defending the 14th Amendment

29 July 2021 by Debbie Dingell, Heaster Wheeler, Jay Kaplan, Rogers M. Smith

View a video recording of this event here! On the 153rd Anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment, Inclusive Justice hosted an important forum on the 14th Amendment and the struggle to achieve full equality under the law. The story of the 14th Amendment is partly the history of the struggle for human rights […]

Umoja: A Curriculum for African American Christian Faith Communities

18 July 2021 by Roland Stringfellow

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The Umoja Project is designed to facilitate safe, non-threatening dialogue about the diversity of human sexuality and the tension that sometimes exists within African-American faith communities in relation to LGBT individuals. Film and group discussion will help all participants (regardless of their position on this topic) explore the social and emotional impact of the exclusion those who want to be a part of the church community, but do not feel welcomed.