Description:
Chris Glaser was raised as an American Baptist in North Hollywood,
California. He joined the Presbyterian Church in 1970 while in college at
California State University, Northridge. He was an ordained elder at First
Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys. From 1976 to 1978, he served as the only
openly gay member of the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality. From 1977
to 1987, he served as the founding director of the Lazarus Project, a
ministry of reconciliation between the church and the LGBTQ community in Los
Angeles, located at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church. He also served as the
second national coordinator and treasurer of Presbyterians for Lesbian and
Gay Concerns (PLGC) and as editor of its newsletters (More Light). Interview
covers the 1978 General Assembly, the UPCUSA Task Force to Study
Homosexuality, the Lazarus Project, and Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay
Concerns (PLGC).
Creator:
Glaser, Chris. (interviewee), Skaggs, Nicholas A. (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (190th : 1978 : San Diego, Calif.), Lazarus Project., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Glaser, Chris.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:287983
