Gender & Sexuality
Tools to Observe Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), memorializes trans individuals who have died because of anti-transgender discrimination and victimization. It occurs annually ...
Partners in Prayer: A Recipe for Success
A new partnership minyan was recently formed in Hampstead in North-West London. Here, two of the founders, Beverly Paris and ...
The Power of Being Seen
Laura Thor spoke these words at Transgender Day of Remembrance last year, at a service held at Jefferson Unitarian Church, ...
A Personal Message about Transgender Day of Remembrance
When I was growing up, as a little girl in the Orthodox Jewish community, I would stare longingly over the ...
Hanukkah Gift Guide for Jewish Rainbow Pride
This gift guide is specially tailored to lovers of rainbow pride, Judaism, and the lucky individuals who live the intersection ...
Finding Fallen Sparks in the Mosh Pit
When I was 21, I came out as transgender and identified as a boy. Simultaneously I also came out as ...
Out, Orthodox, and In College
Ami wrote this right before he left for college this fall. He bravely chronicled coming out at his Orthodox high school ...
Our Daughters’ Tallitot
In the fortunate cases it is the grandparents, often it is the parents, and sometimes even a sibling who stands ...
My Best Friend Came Out At Our Yeshiva
In September, a family member came out to me after months of struggling with his sexual orientation. He cited the ...
My Journey to Authentic Living
We’re incredibly grateful to Yiscah for sharing this excerpt from her forthcoming book, 40 Years in the Wilderness: My Journey ...
“How I Met Your Rabbi” – Or, “How I Met Your Mother/Father God”?
Today’s post is from Education Fellow Amanda Winer. “Kids, let me tell you the story of how I met your ...
Shipwrecked with God
Communities, institutions, families and friendships create a sense of common identity, a sense of “we.” Since no two people – ...