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

Rev. Roland Stringfellow, Coordinator of CLGS African American Roundtable, Speaks on “Ringing in Pride Month”

13 June 2021 by Roland Stringfellow

Click here to listen! “This weekend marks the start of Pride Month, a celebration of the diversity, dignity, and visibility of LGBTQ+ people. It also brings with it Juneteenth, which celebrates the emancipation of Black Americans from slavery. None of us lives in a bubble, and in order to create a more just world for […]

GenderQueering Hebrew with Rabbi Noa Sattath. A CLGS Jewish Queeries Series Event!

13 May 2021 by Rabbi Noa Sattath

Click here for a for a video recording this event! Hebrew is a language that genders EVERYTHING. Sexism and gender binary assumptions are embedded in every sentence. In recent years there’s a growing awareness to the problems of gender in Hebrew, and various creative ideas to offer change. In this CLGS Jewish Queeries Series event we […]

Queer Jews: A 20th Anniversary Symposium in Memory of David Shneer

03 May 2021

Click here for a video recording of this Symposium! The groundbreaking anthology Queer Jews (Routledge, 2002) centered the voices of over two dozen LGBTQ Jews who were re-envisioning American Jewish culture by creating new communities and making room for themselves as openly, unapologetically queer and Jewish. Queer Jews highlighted the bold voices of a generation of LGBTQ Jews […]

“Clobber the Passages”: Queer People and The Seven Deadly Biblical Verses: An ONLINE Lavender Lunch with Mel White

27 April 2021 by Mel White

Click here for a video recording of this event! For centuries, evangelicals who read the Bible have literally misused seven verses to convince the world that homosexuality is a sin and that homosexuals are sinners. Those verses have forced many LGBTQ+ persons to live their lives under a cloud of shame and guilt. In his recently-published book […]

Drag & The Divine: A Lavender Lunch with Mama Celeste

20 April 2021

Click here for a video recording of this Lavender Lunch! The music! The wine! The headdresses! No, we’re not just talking about Midnight Mass at the Vatican. We’re talking about drag! From ancient shamans to Purim celebrations, drag performance has always had a place in spiritual traditions. And for many queer people, drag and nightlife culture […]

Lama Rod Owens: “Love and Rage: The Path to Liberation.” The 14th Annual | 2021 CLGS John E. Boswell Lecture

18 April 2021 by Lama Rod Owens

Click here for a video recording of this lecture! Love and Rage: The Path to Liberation with Lama Rod Owens | The 14th Annual | 2021 CLGS John E. Boswell ONLINE Lecture In our present day, when a politics of anger infuses every institutional and cultural sphere, Lama Rod Owens, author of Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger, explores […]

An Exploration of Queer and Trans Ministry with our Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort: An ONLINE CLGS Event!

07 April 2021

Click here for a video recording of this event! At this event members of the Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort, a group of trans and non-binary seminary students, explore ministry and religious leadership in our current social and political climate. Presenters also share their own individual callings and experiences in religious formation. In addition they discuss how […]