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So you’re ready to welcome LGBTQ+ people at your place of worship. Fantastic! Now its time to let everyone know. One of the most important things you can do is to make your welcome clearly visible. Take a look outside and inside the places that you meet. Imagine you are a person who has never […]
CLGS Sep 2020 e-newsletter
This month marks the beginning of the 20th anniversary celebration for CLGS! 20 years of CLGS also means that the CLGS Latinx Roundtable (LRT) has existed for the better part of a decade, when founded and led by Orlando Espín and Mari Castellanos. What a year to celebrate a milestone anniversary! How to celebrate an […]
During our 20th Anniversary Year we are reprising — and updating! — our popular weekly blog on 52 Ways to Expand Your Welcome to LGBTQ+ People and Our Families. Every week we will post suggestions on how your faith community can become more welcoming to – and inclusive of – LGBTQ+ People and Our Families! […]
CLGS proudly announces our Fall 2020 Lavender Lunch Series | All Lunches will be held ONLINE Celebrating the Ministries of PSR Alums ❦ Tuesday, 15 September 2020 | 12:10pm (Pacific Time) |ONLINE at www.clgs.org Nicole Santamaría, CSSC, MAST: Ministry at El/La Para TransLatinas International activist, art therapist, and educator Nicole Santamaría will speak about their […]
This online course offers a brief introduction to – and broad overview of – queer spiritual leadership as evidenced in the lives, writings, and activism of several queer leaders and organizations in US history. Students will be invited to reflect upon, articulate, and hone their own personal visions of spiritual leadership through a variety of […]
CLGS August 2020 e-newsletter
This graduate-level, 3-credit course is offered online from 3 August 2020 through 14 August 2020 (Monday thru Friday). For more information, contact Professor Sharon Jacob at: sjacob@psr.edu. This course will examine the ways in which ancient views on gender and sexuality inform and influence Biblical Texts. We will read texts from the Jewish Scriptures and the Greco-Roman contexts […]
This week the Religious Institute, “a multifaith organization dedicated to advocating for sexual, gender, and reproductive health, education, and justice in faith communities and society” announced that it would cease operations after 20 years of effective, far-reaching, and life-giving work. To quote the recent statement issued by RI’s Board of Directors, “the work of the Religious […]
CLGS July 2020 e-newsletter