Life Outside of the Binary
Grace is an alum of the URJ's JewV'Nation Fellowship LGBTQIA cohort. Our writer sat down with Grace to talk about gender and Judaism.
LGBTQ+ Jewish Life
"A Dead Son or a Living Daughter": A Conversation with the Mother of a Transgender Child
Eva needed to socially transition to live full-time as a girl. Our hope is that more and more people will join together to expand the network of supportive communities until transgender people are no longer shunned by society.
Our Canadian Cousin’s Role in the Supreme Court’s Decision on Equal Status for Same-Sex Couples
In a landmark decision, the U.S.
Don’t Sacrifice My Trans Child on the Altar of Political Opportunism
Last year, my 15-year-old daughter, Eva, adopted at birth, was thrilled to discover through DNA testing that she had 4 biological siblings in Arkansas.
Being a Mom in an All-Woman Family
June and her partner, Betsy, adopted two girls from Guatemala and raised them together until Betsy died of cancer 4 years ago. June talked with me about the great joy she felt in fulfilling her dream of becoming a mom and the challenge she and her teenage daughters faced after suffering such a tremendous loss.