CLGS provides a range of resources for the constituencies served by the Center in academic, faith, and activist communities.

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

25 June 2025 by Jai Davis

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, […]

The Sex and Religion Project Curriculum

20 June 2025 by Steven Anderson

The Sex and Religion Project was created by Steven Anderson, a graduate of PSR’s Certificate of Sexuality (CSR) Program, and includes 6 downloadable pamphlets on the following topics: An Introduction to Sexual Identity An Introduction to Society and Sexuality An Introduction to the Bible’s “Clobber Passages” The Importance of Queer Theology The Importance of a Theology of Social […]

Queering Juneteenth: Celebrating the Legacy of Black LGBTQIA+ Freedom Fighters with Rev. Terence Mayo | A CLGS African American Roundtable Event

10 June 2025 by Rev. Terence L. Mayo

Click here for a video recording of this CLGS African American Roundtable workshop! We invite you to view a recording of this engaging and enlightening virtual workshop offered by the CLGS African American Roundtable. This workshop honors the intersection of Black and LGBTQ+ identities through the lens of Juneteenth, a day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved […]

Living Cornerstones: Sacred Stories of LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Institutions – A Conversation with the Authors | A CLGS Lavender Lunch

08 June 2025 by Breanna Sinclairé, Ish Ruiz, Shelly Fitzgerald

Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! At this CLGS Lavender Lunch we explored the recently-published book Cornerstones: Sacred Stories of LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Institutions. Published by our colleagues at New Ways Ministry, this book offers a new anthology of 12 stories of faith, sacrifice, joy, and pain by LGBTQ+ people who […]

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

06 June 2025 by Jakob Hero-Shaw, 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 […]

The 18th Annual | 2025 CLGS John E. Boswell Lecture: Professor Bryan Massingale Speaks on: James Baldwin and Black Queer Prophetic Lament (and Hope?)

25 May 2025 by Bryan Massingale

James Baldwin and Black Queer Prophetic Lament (and Hope?) Professor Bryan Massingale Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Lecture! James Baldwin is often invoked as a seminal figure in Black queer thought, but he is still underutilized as a source for (white) queer theology and activism. This lecture situates Baldwin in […]

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

06 May 2025 by Jakob Hero-Shaw

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 […]