same-sex marriage

Our Love Party: Inviting Community When Family Won’t Come

My Orthodox Jewish self, my fear and shame, my internalized homophobia could not fathom a way of bringing my relationship with my religion and my understanding of what God wants for me into marriage with a woman. It has taken me years of being out and going through heartbreak and growth to be in the place that I believe that God wants to be involved in my marriage to Mary. In order to be married in an authentic way, I need both my religious self and my queer self to be there.

Legal Justice vs. Social Justice: Keep Pushing Forward

On June 26th, the United States’ LGBT+ community and its allies celebrated a monumental victory when same-sex marriage was deemed ...

Cheryl Moch & Cinderella’s Real True Story

This June Keshet is so very excited to be partnering with the Jewish Women’s Archive to celebrate Pride. Each week we will bring ...

Marriage Equality: Our Figurative Promised Land

Tears of joy! “Equal protection under the law” are the words everywhere on my Facebook feed. This is simultaneously a ...

The Supremes Are Singing

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that all couples are entitled to enjoy equal marriage right across ...

It’s Wedding Season!

As May rolls along, one thing is very clear: wedding season is here.With so many positive steps towards marriage equality ...

In My Lifetime I Will Have Rights: Marriage Equality & Beyond

Frankie, a college sophomore from Indiana, has been a leader and participant at the Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally Teen Shabbaton ...

Six Stories of Marriage Equality

Next Tuesday, April 28th, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on marriage equality. The outcome, which will most likely occur ...

Marriage: A Political Act, A Religious Endeavor, A Chance to Celebrate Love

Transplants to California from the Midwest and East Coast, we found each other in the Bay Area. Melissa, a minister in ...

In Good Faith: Why Religious Freedom Must Go Hand in Hand With Dignity for All

Today I was in the Georgia Capitol to speak against a bill entitled  the Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The battlelines have ...