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

Sublime Divinations, Edition 3: Queer AAPI Elemental Magic

4 days ago by Maij Vu Mai

Click here to view a video recording of this online CLGS Asian American Pacific Island Roundtable! The purpose of AAPIRT’s annual zine, Sublime Divinations is to 1) provide a more spiritually expansive and exploratory creative space for LGBTQIA+ AAPI folks and their accomplices and 2) document and archive LGBTQIA+ AAPI stories and narratives around spirituality, faith, […]

Where Two or More are Gathered: Polyamorous Loving as a Spiritual Community Ethic and Practice

20 November 2023 by Maij Vu Mai

Click here for a video recording of this CLGS Asian American Pacific Island Roundtable Presentation! How can polyamory/ethical non-monogamy as non-normative relational formation expand our understanding of spiritual community, wellbeing, and practice? View a recording of this AAPIRT presentation, an exploratory dialogue on the intersections of polyamory and faith and a consideration of how polyamorous frameworks […]

Practical Advice for Religious Leaders Planning Trans Day of Remembrance Events

07 November 2023 by Jakob Hero-Shaw

Trans Day of Remembrance is celebrated on Monday, 20 November 2023 If you are a religious leader in a congregation that is going to officially recognize Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR), that is wonderful. I wish that every faith community would lift up this day. This is a holy day of mourning. This is a […]

Bringing Spirituality Out of the Closet: A CLGS Lavender Lunch with Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow

05 November 2023 by Roland Stringfellow

Click here for a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! On National Coming Out Day 2022, Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow follows up on his PSR Chapel “Coming Out Day” sermon to provide more details on the approach CLGS that takes in all of our our Roundtable projects. In this discussion we explore the unique […]

Sacred Queerness in the Lectionary for Year B: An Online CLGS Sacred Texts Workshop

13 October 2023 by Jakob Hero-Shaw, Lauren Bennett

Click here to view a video recording of this online CLGS event! This workshop explores some ways that we can illuminate sacred queerness in the upcoming lectionary cycle. Participants were encouraged to bring their ideas and plans for Year B to facilitate this workhop onqueering exegesis, liturgies, and worship spaces. The presenters for this CLGS […]

The Spirit of Pride: Jewish Lesbian History and Storytelling

01 October 2023 by Julie Greenberg

Click Here to view a video recording of this CLGS Jewish Queeries Series! Rabbi Julie Greenberg has been a queer activist for fifty years. She is one of the first out lesbians admitted to rabbinical seminary, and has been an organizer in our community on many different justice issues in different cities throughout the country. Please join […]

Queer Muslim Organizing | A CLGS Lavender Lunch

26 September 2023 by Ramish Nadeem, Shenaaz Janmohamed

Click here for a video recording of this online CLGS event! CLGS has a rich tradition of creating dialogues and curriculums for communities of color intersecting queer identity and religious faith. In our first Lavender Lunch of 2023-2024 we welcome Shenaaz Janmohamed and Ramish Nadeem who share with us their experiences of working for LGBTQ […]