LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

Don’t Sacrifice My Trans Child on the Altar of Political Opportunism

Alisa Gold

May 10, 2021

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. Her siblings

Mother's Day

Being a Mom in an All-Woman Family

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

May 3, 2021

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.

Women holding hands in front of a rainbow flag

Passover

The Passover Seder’s Four Children and LGBTQ Inclusion: Moving Toward Full Hospitality

Rabbi Dara Lithwick

We read, “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” These words have taken on deep meaning for me as I came out of the closet, got married, and had kids of my own: Our freedom and redemption are founded on being inclusive and welcoming.

LGBTQ+ Equality

Jewish Ways to Observe LGBTQ+ History Month

October is LGBTQ+ History Month. What began as a single day, National Coming Out Day on October 11, is now a month dedicated to honoring those who lived their lives as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and the history of the community.

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B'nai Mitzvah

"I Will Be What I Will Be:" Finding a Jewish Path in Emerging Adulthood

Aria Caligiuri

October 13, 2020

As a Jewish autistic bisexual transgender woman, “I will be what I will be” is something I have had to tell many people throughout my life, as they have questioned, judged, mocked, and discriminated against me for who I am.