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CLGS Once Again a Community Sponsor of The 18th-Annual San Francisco International Queer Women of Color Film Festival

4 days ago by Bernard Schlager

CLGS is proud to serve once again as a Community Sponsor of The 18th-Annual San Francisco International Queer Women of Color Film Festival QWOCMAP will premiere 35 films in 5 screenings at their FREE International Queer Women of Color Film Festival, June 10-12, 2022 at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco’s Presidio National Park. The 18th […]

CLGS is Accepting Applications for Our 2022-2023 Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort!

15 May 2022 by Bernard Schlager

Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort Application Click here to apply for the 2022-2023 Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort! The application deadline is Monday, 20 June 2022 A Year-Long Leadership Development Program for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender-Nonconforming Seminarians For the last nine years, CLGS, the Freedom Center for Social Justice and the National LGBTQ Task Force have sponsored a program for transgender, […]

Honoring Two Michigan Pioneers of LGBTQ Equality

14 May 2022 by Bernard Schlager

Honoring Two Michigan Pioneers of LGBTQ Equality By Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow In the span of weeks, the LGBTQ+ communities in Michigan lost two giants of “Gay Liberation.” John Lawrence Kavanaugh died on December 17, 2021, at age 82, and James Willis Toy died on January 1, 2022, at age 91. I first met John […]

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03 May 2022 by Bernard Schlager

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Homosexuality and the Christian Tradition: A Summer 2022 ONLINE Graduate Course

09 April 2022 by Bernard Schlager

Homosexuality and the Christian Tradition A Summer 2022 ONLINE Graduate Course Pacific School of Religion 13–17 June and 20–24 June 2022: 8:30am to 12:30pm (Pacific Time) This 3-credit online course offers an historical overview and survey of attitudes toward homoeroticism and homosexuality in ancient, medieval, and modern Christianity in the West and in present-day […]

Professor Rolf Nolasco is our 15th Annual CLGS John E. Boswell Lecturer!

08 April 2022 by Bernard Schlager

Click here to register in advance for this ONLINE Lecture, which will be offered via Zoom! Queer Bodies: Colliding, Expanding, Flourishing ONLINE on Thursday, 21 April 2022, at 6:30pm | Pacific Time Professor Rolf Nolasco The 15th Annual CLGS John E. Boswell Lecture ONLINE on Thursday, 21 April 2022, at 6:30pm | Pacific Time | Pre-Registration is required […]

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04 April 2022 by Bernard Schlager

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Nation Shall Not Lift Up Sword Against Nation: A Reflection by Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman

02 March 2022 by Bernard Schlager

Nation Shall not Lift up Sword Against Nation The invasion of Ukraine is a tragedy. It is a deep wound for all humanity, in that war causes enormous personal pain and disrupts the fragile sense of security that makes it possible for human beings to function. For the first time in a generation, we are […]

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02 March 2022 by Bernard Schlager

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06 February 2022 by Bernard Schlager

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