LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

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I Am Always All Parts of My Identity - and I Hope You Are, Too

Everlyn A. Hunter

February 18, 2020

I am Black, I am Jewish, and I am a lesbian, among other things – and I am all of those things at all times in every context; not parts that intersect, but a whole person who fits into different worlds and spaces.

Transgender Inclusion

Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion. Jewish diversity, in all its hues, is no longer a wave – it is the ocean of Jewish life.

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LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

How My Judaism Strengthened Me to Come Out as Bisexual

Chaim Harrison

October 10, 2019

Coming out and owning my bisexuality has reinforced that this – and all parts of my identity – make me wholly Jewish.

Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Bisexual, Pansexual, and Jewish

Recent years have seen much progress in accepting gays and lesbians, but bisexual (bi) and pansexual (pan) people still often feel marginalized by both the straight and gay/lesbian communities – and even by the Jewish community.

Parenting

My Child's Transition

Helen T. Cohn

One day, coming home from the temple where I served as rabbi, I spotted a bag from our local pharmacy on the kitchen counter. It was stapled shut, but the attached prescription for my 25-year-old daughter Laura announced its contents: testosterone. My worst fears were confirmed. I went to my bedroom and cried.