Archive Project

In December of 2001 CLGS was proud to accept its first archival collection, the papers of John J. McNeill, Roman Catholic priest, and author of The Church and the Homosexual. This archival collection, entitled The John J. McNeill and Charles Chiarelli Gay and Lesbian Liberation Collection, is available for use by scholars and students at The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) Library in Berkeley, California.

Other archival collections currently being catalogued for access were received from: Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, co-author of the pioneering book "Is the Homosexual My Neighbor?" and most recently the author of "Omnigender: A Trans-Religious Approach"; and Rev. Chris Glaser, author of "Uncommon Calling: A Gay Christian's Struggle to Serve the Church" and "Coming out as Sacrament," among many other books. Additional archival collections are currently in process and will be announced soon.

CLGS is also honored to archive and make accessible the Open Hands Collection of articles from the journal, Open Hands. Many of these seminal articles on LGBT issues in religion and ministry are now publicly available online through this website; the whole collection will be available soon (see the Open Hands Issue Index in our Articles & Papers section of this site).

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Read about the The John J. McNeill and Charles Chiarelli Gay and Lesbian Liberation Collection.

Learn more about the CLGS Open Hands Collection and about the history of the journal, Open Hands.