LGBTQ
Let Leaders Lead
It’s about time. That is the overwhelming thought that I have as I read statements from one national Jewish organization ...
From a Rabbi, An Open Letter to People Who Are LGBTQ
It is now four days since the heinous attack in Orlando. In the world of cable news, an eternity has ...
In the Wake of Orlando, An Open Letter to LGBTQ Teens Everywhere
The last 72 hours are a study in contrast on what it means to be human. Jews across the world ...
Prayer & Mourning
Yesterday, like many others in our community this month, I marched in a Pride Parade.The day began with the cheers ...
What I Want For Validity
The week before I wrote this poem I was having a discussion with my mother about how I presented my gender ...
A Space to be Young, Jewish, and LGBTQ
Last month, 76 teenagers, 9 college-aged CITs, and 18 adult educators from across the country joined together for our largest ...
Emerging from Narrow Places: Passover and the Stories of LGBTQ Jews
Passover is also a time for us to reflect on the mitzrayim we face today: what are the narrow places from which we must emerge? What are the ways in which we must move toward freedom from transphobia and heterosexism in our families, our workplaces, our Jewish communities? What steps do we need to take to bring us farther along on this journey?
Celebratory Sacrifices: Coming Out
In the times of the ancient Israelites, we were supposed to make sacrifices to God on many different occasions. When ...
A Queer Jew Looks Back on High School (and the Search for Role Models)
The very first person I came out to as a lesbian just introduced himself as a proud transman for the ...
Two Thirds A Jewish Woman
I am two thirds a woman. There are only three mitzvot uniquely, singularly, and expressly for women, making up the ...