Gender & Sexuality

Rock and Roll Jews

There’s acid rock, blues rock, glam rock, punk rock, and about 100 more variations of good ol’ rock and roll. ...

A Crash Course in Being a Professional Ally to LGBTQ Youth

“I have friends I can be Jewish with, and friends I can be queer with, but I’ve never had a ...

Living “Stealth,” As a Convert and a Trans Person

Even in a society that is making progress on LGBT issues, as demonstrated by the victories for marriage equality in ...

Parashat Bo: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Queer Rabbis in Action: Rabbi Denise Eger

“Integrating all of the disparate parts” Welcome to our fourth installment of “Queer Clergy in Action,” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

 20 years of inspiring and provoking Welcome to our third installment of “Queer Clergy in Action,” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and ...

Gay, Orthodox, and on the Internet

The Internet has proven to be a powerful resource for the LGBTQ community, and especially so for those members who ...

Joseph: Liberation of a Soul

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Kavod ha’Meit: Trans Issues for the Hevra Kadisha

Judaism, a religion that focuses primarily on life, rather than the afterlife, provides a meticulous set of standards regarding the ...

Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Reuben Zellman

Welcome to our second installment of “Queer Clergy in Action” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender rabbis and cantors. This ...

Make Your Community All-Gender Inclusive

We hear from trans-activists (including on this blog – see yesterday’s interview with Nick Teich) that one impediment to transgender ...

A Guide to the (Not So) Complex: An Interview with Nick Teich

Nick Teich is a busy person. In between pursuing a Ph.D. in social policy at Brandeis University’s Heller School for ...