LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

Life Outside of the Binary
"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. Supreme Court ruled on June 26, 2013 that the legal marriages of same-sex couples must be given equal status under federal law. Six years earlier, the plaintiff in that landmark case, Edith “Edie” Windsor, had married Thea...
Don’t Sacrifice My Trans Child on the Altar of Political Opportunism
Editor's note: this piece was originally published 05/10/2021 and was updated 06/13/2022.
Last year, my 15-year-old daughter, Eva, adopted at birth, was thrilled to discover through DNA testing that she had four biological siblings in Arkansas.