Click here to register for this Lavender Lunch! CLGS and the newly-formed Palestine Solidarity Round Table (PSRT) at Pacific School of Religion are honored and excited to co-host this Lavender Lunch on the topic of Queer Palestine Solidarity.  Join us in conversation and dialogue with guest speaker Tarek Abuata as PSRT and CLGS create space for […]

Click here for a Zoom link for this event! The late Jewish American artist Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) changed the face of children’s literature and paved the way for the reconsiderations of monstrosity and Otherness that pervade contemporary media, from Sesame Street to Stranger Things. His emotionally isolated, unruly, and ethnically particular protagonists use fantasy to resist social coercion and self-erasure. […]

Join us for CLGS’ Souls A’Fire 7 Conference | An ONLINE Gathering for Black Queer Theology! 13-14 March 2021 | Register Below for Day One and/or Day Two of this Conference Register Day One Register Day Two Why this gathering is important: This event will highlight an inclusive vision among African-American pastors, parishioners, and community leaders […]

Click here for a Zoom link for this event! In this, the third event in our new CLGS Queer & Latinx Faith Conversation series, we explore three ministerial careers shaped by the pursuit of faith and justice.  Each panelist will offer reflections on where we’ve been, are, and will be at Latinx Christian leaders.  Come join the […]

Click here for a Zoom link for this event! Richard will discuss beefcake magazines (softcore gay male pornography) from the 1950s and 1960s that served as a site for erotic exploration and development of a nascent gay community. Of particular focus will be the creation of queer spirituality based on popular Greco-Roman themes in the magazines, […]

Click here for a Zoom link for this event! Join us for this online Exploration of Queer and Trans Ministry! Members of the Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort, a group of trans and non-binary seminary students, will explore ministry and religious leadership in our current social and political climate.  Presenters will share their own individual callings and experiences […]

Click here for a Zoom link for this event! The music! The wine! The headdresses! No, we’re not just talking about Midnight Mass at the Vatican.  We’re talking about drag! From ancient shamans to Purim celebrations, drag performance has always had a place in spiritual traditions. And for many queer people, drag and nightlife culture is an […]

Love and Rage: The Path to Liberation with Lama Rod Owens | The 14th Annual | 2020 CLGS John E. Boswell ONLINE Lecture Click here to register for this Lecture! In our present day, when a politics of anger infuses every institutional and cultural sphere, Lama Rod Owens, author of Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation […]

Click here for a Zoom link for this event! For centuries, evangelicals who read the Bible have literally misused seven verses to convince the world that homosexuality is a sin and that homosexuals are sinners. Those verses have forced many LGBTQ+ persons to live their lives under a cloud of shame and guilt. In his recently-published book Clobber […]

Click here for a Zoom link for this event! In this Lavender Lunch Fáwárìnwa Huff, an Iyanifa (an initiated IFA priest), discusses understandings of sexuality, gender, and play in Ifá, a Yoruba religion.  Drawing upon the ancient and vibrant proverbs, poems, and stories of the Ifá tradition, Ms. Huff will explore some of the ways in which […]