LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

Life Outside of the Binary

Aron Hirt-Manheimer
Grace (they/them) is an alum of the URJ's JewV'Nation Fellowship LGBTQ+ cohort. Our writer sat down with Grace to talk about gender and Judaism.

Choosing to Have a Living Daughter

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

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.

Being a Mom in an All-Woman Family

Aron Hirt-Manheimer
June and her partner, Betsy, adopted two girls from Guatemala and raised them together until Betsy died of cancer four years ago. June talked with me about the great joy she felt in fulfilling her dream of becoming a mom and the challenges she and her teenage daughters faced after suffering such a tremendous loss.