Virtual Open House at the UCC NorCal Nevada Annual Gathering
PSR will be hosting a virtual open house at the UCC NorCal Nevada Annual Gathering this Saturday, May 22, at 4 PM Pacific. President Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy will provide an update on the latest happenings at PSR and will be available for a Q&A. Please join us! Registration is free, but required. Click here…
CLGS: LGBTQIA+ and Faith in Brazil with Revs. Arthur Cavalcante, Luiz Coelho, and Gustavo Gilson Oliveira. A CLGS Queer & Latinx Faith Conversation!
Join the CLGS Latinx Roundtable in a (tri-lingual) conversation with clergy persons from Brazil on the intersection of faith, religion and sexuality! Particular attention to pastoral and liturgical considerations. All contributed to the development of the First Congress of Faith Communities and LGBTI+ Communities: Ecumenical Dialogues for the Respect of Diversity in June of 2019. The CLGS Latinx Roundtable was a proud participant of this event in Brazil.
Lived Theology in Asian America: Race, Justice, and Politics in Transpacific Context
This conference draws upon history, social science, and ethnography to explore the lived experience of Asian Christian communities and articulate a lived theology of Asian Americans. How does Christian faith shape Asian American participation in conversations about race, justice, and politics? How do stories of transpacific migration motivate Asian communities differently than other groups in the work of justice?
CLGS: Ọyasùúrù Ifáwárìnwa on “Sexuality, Gender, and Power in Traditional IFÁ Religion and Its Diasporic Renditions.” An ONLINE Lavender Lunch
Tuesday (11 May 2021): 12:15pm to 1:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Click here for a Zoom link for this event! In this Lavender Lunch Ọyasùúrù Ifáwárìnwa, 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,…
CLGS: Chris Harrison: Finding Your True Self: Musings of a Black Bisexual Jew. An Online Jewish Queeries Series Event!
Thursday (29 April 2021): 1pm to 2:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE Click here for a Zoom link for this event! In this CLGS Jewish Queeries Series presentation Chris Harrison will discuss facets of his life, including his experience of growing up in – and very slowly opening up – the closet. Chris will also discuss how he discovered Judaism, navigates his…
CLGS: Mel White: Clobber the Passages: Queer People and The Seven Deadly Biblical Verses. An ONLINE Lavender Lunch
Tuesday (27 April 2021): 12:15pm to 1:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE 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…
CLGS: Lama Rod Owens Speaks on “Love and Rage: The Path to Liberation” | The 14th Annual John E. Boswell Lecture
Love and Rage: The Path to Liberation with Lama Rod Owens | The 14th Annual | 2020 CLGS John E. Boswell ONLINE Lecture Thursday (15 April 2021): 6:30pm to 8:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE 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…
CLGS: Drag and The Divine: An ONLINE Lavender Lunch with Mama Celeste
Tuesday (13 April 2021): 12:15pm to 1:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE 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….
CLGS: Queer and Trans Ministry: An Exploration with our Transgender Seminarian Cohort
Wednesday (7 April 2021): 12:30pm to 1:30pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE 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…
CLGS: Beefcake Theology: The Formation of Gay Male Spiritual Discourse in Midcentury Softcore Pornography with Richard Lindsay. An ONLINE Lavender Lunch
Tuesday (30 March 2021): 12:15pm to 1:15pm (Pacific Time) | ONLINE 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…