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

08 May 2025
4pm (Pacific) | 7pm (Eastern)

James Baldwin and Black Queer Prophetic Lament (and Hope?) Professor Bryan Massingale Thursday, 8 May 2025 | 4pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Click here to register in advance for this online 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 […]

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

15 May 2025
1pm to 2:15pm (Pacific Time)

Click here to join this CLGS Lavender Lunch via Zoom! At this CLGS Lavender Lunch we will explore 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 have […]

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

20 May 2025
1pm to 2:15pm (Pacific) | 4pm to 5:15pm (Eastern)

Click here for a Zoom link for this online CLGS event! In this workshop, we will explore how rituals can be sources of collective and individual power, especially in times of transition. We will draw upon our queer communities’ deep histories of being adept at creating special, sacred places where we play with rules and traditions. Led by […]

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