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CLGS Announces Our Spring 2022 ONLINE Lavender Lunch Series!
The CLGS Spring 2022 ONLINE Lavender Lunch Series Tuesday, 8 February 2022 | 12:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Love Tenderly: Sacred Stories of Lesbian and Queer Religious with Grace Surdovel, IHM, and Co-Authors In this CLGS Lavender Lunch, Roman Catholic Sisters Grace Surdovel, IHM, Sue Becker, RDC, Jeanne Christensen, RSM, and Mary Kay Dobrovolny, RSM, reflect on their recently-published […]
The Paradox of Doing Nothing. A Reflection by Maij Mai, Coordinator of the CLGS API Roundtable
It was the day before Christmas Eve when I tested positive for Covid-19. Deeply despondent and shook by the fact that I had tested positive, the rest of that day was a blur. I went on what I like to call my “tested positive for Covid” tour- frantic phone calls to loved ones informing them […]
Happy New Year from CLGS!
1 January 2022 Happy New Year from the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS)! As we open a new calendar year, I am proud to report that our high-quality and innovative programs will continue to make a real difference in the lives of LGBTQ people, our families, and our faith communities. Looking […]
Consider a Gift to CLGS!
25 December 2021 Happy Holidays from the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS)! As we close out 2021, I am proud to report that our high-quality and innovative programs have continued to make a real difference in the lives of LGBTQ people, our families, and our faith communities. Looking back on 2021, […]
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A World AIDS Day Reflection by Rev. Roland Stringfellow, DMin
1 December 2021 As we head toward the end of another year living with the Coronavirus, the fear, concern, and caution that we all have grown accustomed to is becoming engrained in our normal daily lives. Talk about the leftovers from Thanksgiving! Many of us are dealing with the leftovers from the “4 P’s” of […]
CLGS Marks World AIDS Day 2021: 1 December
At The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion, we believe in the United Nations theme for this World AIDS Day: End Inequalities. End AIDS. We affirm the rights of all people to equitable access to health care so that everyone might live with healthy bodies, minds, and spirits. Today, we remember the 37.7 […]
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Language Matters by Rev. Carla E. Roland Guzmán, PhD
Language Matters by Rev. Carla E. Roland Guzmán, PhD | Coordinator, Faith, Family, Equality / The CLGS Latinx Roundtable Recently, in a Bible study, I was described as “literal.” I was taken aback by this description since I don’t consider myself a literal reader of scripture. In the continued conversation, what was in fact being meant, […]