Gender & Sexuality

The Torah does not address lesbianism, but later rabbinic commentators frowned upon it.

While the Torah does not forbid premarital sex, the rabbis of the talmudic era prohibited it--but one modern authority proposed a sanctioned form of exclusive sexual relationship outside of marriage.

LGBT issues in Judaism

Judaism approves of sex and sexual pleasure, valuing it as a means toward procreation and companionship.

A selection of statements from rabbis of various denominations.

Traditional sources on homosexuality.