24 April 2026 Your congregation may have decided to welcome people of all sexual orientations before there was a significant awareness about including gender identity. You may have already talked about and worked on including gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, but not transgender people. Now is a great time to revisit those conversations and expand […]
16 April 2026 Let’s face it: everyone needs to use the restroom. You can make your congregation more welcoming by providing non-gendered restroom spaces. These make an important statement about your openness to transgender and gender non-conforming people. Studies have shown that transgender people face significant harassment and violence in public restrooms; you can counter […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! NOTE: The publisher has generously offered a 40% discount for friends of CLGS through 31 March 2026. Just enter TRANSBIBLICAL40 into the discount code field when checking out at the following page: https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/0664268897/trans-biblical.aspx In this CLGS Lavender Lunch, we joined in conversation with […]
6 February 2026 During Black History Month in February, honor the contributions of African American LGBTQ people. And don’t limit this to February: honor African American LGBTQ people all year round! There are so many people who have had a profound impact on the LGBTQ community, from the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 40s to today. Consider […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS Lavender Lunch! This CLGS Lavender Lunch featured a distinguished panel of leaders from various LGBTQ+ ministry organizations, including Outreach, New Ways Ministry, Dignity USA, and the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative LGBT Initiative. Panelists offered reflections on their respective ministries, highlighting the unique challenges they have […]
Click here to view a video recording of this CLGS event! This CLGS African American Roundtable workshop explored the theological and practical foundations of holy resistance to systems of oppression. Participants learned how and why people of faith need to challenge empire, and we considered various tools to organize in our communities in order to abolish […]
Click here for a video recording of this online CLGS event! In this workshop, we explore ways to honor Trans Day of Remembrance in congregations and community organizations. The workshop leaders share ideas from a variety of faith-based and secular settings, and participants shared questions and ideas from their own faith and community contexts. Workshop Leaders […]