Description:
Transcript of oral history interview with Chris Glaser. He 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). Transcript was extensively
revised for clarity purposes by interviewee, Chris Glaser.
Creator:
Skaggs, Nicholas A. (interviewer), Glaser, Chris. (interviewee)
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:287989