LGBTQ Pastoral Care

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Reimagining Hope: Black Trans/Quare Futures in a World That Tries to Erase Us with Jai Davis | A CLGS African American Roundtable Event

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Click here for a video recording of this CLGS African American Roundtable workshop! In a political climate that continues to dehumanize and erase Black Trans and Quare lives, how do we cultivate hope that is not just survival but a radical act of reimagining our futures? This CLGS African American Roundtable workshop  centered Black Trans voices, […]

Beginnings, Middles, and Ends (Rituals to Move you Through Transitions) with the CLGS Trans Religious Leadership Cohort

Click here for a link to a video recording of this CLGS Transgender Roundtable event! In this workshop, members of the Trans Religious Leadership Cohort explored how rituals can be sources of collective and individual power, especially in times of transition. In addition, We Cohort members drew upon the deep histories of queer communities adeptly creating […]

Creating Trans-Affirming Religious Communities with Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw | A CLGS Transgender Roundtable Workshop

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Click here for a video recording of this online CLGS event! This CLGS Transgender Roundtable interactive workshop empowers religious leaders, both lay and ordained, to move beyond the concept of “trans inclusion” and into a mindset of holistic affirmation for trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people in your religious community. Explore with us the barriers to affirmation […]

Queer Muslim Organizing with Muhsin Hendricks | A CLGS Lavender Lunch

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Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! In this CLGS Lavender Lunch, we continued the exploration of communities of color living with the intersecting realities of queer identity and religious faith by focusing on LGBTQ organizing within Muslim communities. Our speaker, Muhsin Hendricks [1967-2025], was an Islamic Scholar and an Imam […]

Welcoming LGBTQ+ People and Our Familes!

We invite you to review all 52 of our 2024 weekly posts for our popular series 52 Ways to Expand Your Welcome to LGBTQ+ People and Our Families: Our Most Recent Edition! Click here to review the entire series!

52 Ways #52: Embrace the Challenges and Joys of LGBTQ Ministry!

Throughout 2024 we have reprised — and updated! — our popular weekly blog 52 Ways to Expand Your Welcome to LGBTQ+ People and Our Families.  Every week, for the past year, we have posted suggestions on how your faith community can become more welcoming to – and inclusive of – LGBTQ+ People and Our Families. […]