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It’s 1996, I’m 17. I’m awkward and uncomfortable. I’ve just learned how to tightly wrap an ace bandage around my chest. I’m wearing too many layers to survive in the Florida heat. I don’t have words for what I am. I feel very alone. In my Walkman, I have the mixtape I made on my […]
Once again, CLGS is a proud sponsor of Berkeley Pride 2026! Come celebrate with us on Sunday, 30 August 2026 from 11am to 5pm (Pacific Time) At Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Park 2151 Martin Luther King Jr Way in Berkeley, California!
Click here to register in advance for this ONLINE lecture Contemplation, Creativity, and the Call to Collective Liberation: Exploring James Baldwin and the Via Feminina with Rev. Dr. Aizaiah Yong The 16th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 4pm (Pacific Time) This will be an ONLINE Lecture In a moment marked by intensifying social, […]
Click here to view our June-July 2026 e-newsletter!
6 June 2026 African American music has always been grounded in sacred sounds, rhythms, and embodied communal practices. In fact, African American music is more than sound; it is testimony, survival, memory, protest, pleasure, praise, and world-making. As June 2026 holds together Black Music Month and Pride Month, we are invited to hear Black music […]
This course has now closed registration. Join the waitlist to be the first notified when the course is offered again! Click here to join the waitlist for this online CLGS Micro Certificate program! Instructor: Professor Bernard Schlager, PhD, Associate Professor of Historical & Cultural Studies at Pacific School of Religion, and Executive Director of PSR’s […]
Click here to register for this online CLGS microcertificate program! Taught by Pacific School of Religion Professor Ish Ruiz, PhD, this microcertificate provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Catholic LGBTQ+ ministry by weaving together Scripture, Tradition, theology, ethics, and pastoral practice. Imagine A More Just, Compassionate, And Hopeful Church With Radical Inclusion This CLGS […]
Click here to view our May 2026 e-newsletter!
Trans Religious Leadership Cohort Application Click here to apply for the 2026-2027 Trans Religious Leadership Cohort! The application deadline is Friday, 19 June 2026 A Year-Long Leadership Development Program for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender-Nonconforming Seminarians and Religious Leaders in Training For the last 13 years, CLGS, the Freedom Center for Social Justice, and the National LGBTQ Task Force have sponsored […]
The 22nd-Annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival Once again, CLGS is proud to serve as a Community Sponsor of the QWOCMAP Festival! “QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival, 47 films by queer women, nonbinary, and trans filmmakers of color, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s […]