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52 Ways #37: Create a Genuine Welcome for Your LGBTQ Congregants

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15 May 2026 Everyone can distinguish a genuine welcome from one that is half-hearted, and it is not difficult for LGBTQ people to realize whether they are welcomed or not in a particular congregation. Merely posting a welcome sign or publishing a statement of acceptance does not prove, of course, that a congregation is actually […]

At the Heart of the Church: Lessons from Transgender Catholics | A CLGS Lavender Lunch

09 May 2026

Click here for a video recording of CLGS Lavender Lunch! What does it mean to be Transgender and Catholic in a Church still learning to grasp the full dignity of trans persons? Sponsored by the CLGS Catholic Roundtable, this Lavender Lunch panel brought together Trans Catholic leaders whose lives, faith, and courage are at the […]

52 Ways #36: Create a Community of Care for Your LGBTQ Congregants: What is Welcome?

07 May 2026

8 May 2026 Baptist minister Rev. Jacki Belile recommends a three-fold task for congregations seeking to welcome LGBTQ people: “Take into account the depth of people’s betrayal and pain at the hands of the institutional church in all the dimensions of fellowship, preaching, teaching, and pastoral care”; Offer “significant opportunities for LGBT people to have […]

Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals | A CLGS & MCC Queering the Word Workshop with Revs. Lauren Bennett and Jakob Hero-Shaw

04 May 2026 by Jakob Hero-Shaw, Lauren Bennett

Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS event! Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals are deeply sacred life events (for individuals, families, and faith communities), and these celebrations of initiation, commitment, and commemoration call for thoughtful and creative preaching. In this CLGS and MCC Queering the Word preaching workshop, we explored some ways that […]

This Month in Queer Religious History | May: Joan of Arc

01 May 2026

This Month in Queer Religious History* May: Joan of Arc On 30 May 1431, a nineteen-year-old peasant girl from the village of Domrémy in France was burned at the stake in the marketplace of Rouen, condemned as a heretic by a court of church authorities acting in the interests of England during the final decades […]

52 Ways #35: Build Alliances with LGBTQ Communities Outside of Your Congregation

30 April 2026

30 April 2026 Once your congregation has made the decision to welcome and include LGBTQ people, don’t keep the news of your welcome within the walls of the congregation – spread the word! There are many effective ways of doing this, including regular congregational advertisements in the gay and straight press (both online and print); […]

52 Ways #34: Celebrate and Include Transgender People!

23 April 2026

24 April 2026 Your congregation may have decided to welcome people of all sexual orientations before there was a significant awareness about including gender identity. You may have already talked about and worked on including gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, but not transgender people. Now is a great time to revisit those conversations and expand […]