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

Advent Preaching | A CLGS Queering the Word Workshop with Revs. Lauren Bennett and Jakob Hero-Shaw

21 hours ago by Jakob Hero-Shaw, Lauren Bennett

Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS workshop! A new liturgical year starts with Advent, a time of watching, waiting, and preparing our hearts for justice and love! As we enter Year A of the Lectionary, this CLGS Queering the Word preaching workshop explored ways to queer Advent and set the foundation […]

52 Ways #10: Join the LGBTQ-Affirming Organization for your Denomination / Spiritual Tradition — or Start One!

2 days ago

7 November 2025 People from your own spiritual tradition can be a great resource for improving — and expanding — your welcome of LGBTQ people! They know the particular challenges and opportunities for inclusion that your denomination faces, along with an understanding of how best to engage your unique religious heritage. They may also have […]

This Month in Queer Religious History | November: Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray

01 November 2025

1 November 2025 This Month in Queer Religious History* Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray On 8 January 1977, history was made when the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. Yet this groundbreaking moment was merely the culmination of an extraordinary life spent breaking boundaries of race, gender, law, […]

52 Ways #9: Offer a Genuine Welcome at the Door

31 October 2025

31 October 2025 When Janet was visiting a church for the first time, they asked the greeter where they could find a restroom. The greeter responded by asking, in a friendly voice, if Janet would prefer the men’s room, the women’s room, or the gender-neutral restroom. This told Janet immediately that this church was ready […]

A Call to Holy Troublemaking with Rev. Redeem Robinson | A CLGS African American Roundtable Event

30 October 2025 by Redeem Robinson

Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS event! This CLGS African American Roundtable workshop explored the theological and practical foundations of holy resistance to systems of oppression. Participants learned how and why people of faith need to challenge empire, and we considered various tools to organize in our communities in order to abolish […]

52 Ways #8: Welcome and Support LGBTQ Seniors

23 October 2025

24 October 2025 Seniors are important members of our faith communities, attending services, volunteering, contributing to committees and much more. There are also many ways our congregations support older adults in need—visiting those who are shut-in or in nursing homes, offering social gatherings and support groups, providing meals and more. The Diverse Elders Coalition notes […]

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

20 October 2025 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 […]