Gender & Sexuality
Rock and Roll Jews
There’s acid rock, blues rock, glam rock, punk rock, and about 100 more variations of good ol’ rock and roll. ...
A Crash Course in Being a Professional Ally to LGBTQ Youth
“I have friends I can be Jewish with, and friends I can be queer with, but I’ve never had a ...
Living “Stealth,” As a Convert and a Trans Person
Even in a society that is making progress on LGBT issues, as demonstrated by the victories for marriage equality in ...
Parashat Bo: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Queer Rabbis in Action: Rabbi Denise Eger
“Integrating all of the disparate parts” Welcome to our fourth installment of “Queer Clergy in Action,” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...
Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
20 years of inspiring and provoking Welcome to our third installment of “Queer Clergy in Action,” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and ...
Gay, Orthodox, and on the Internet
The Internet has proven to be a powerful resource for the LGBTQ community, and especially so for those members who ...
Joseph: Liberation of a Soul
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Kavod ha’Meit: Trans Issues for the Hevra Kadisha
Judaism, a religion that focuses primarily on life, rather than the afterlife, provides a meticulous set of standards regarding the ...
Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Reuben Zellman
Welcome to our second installment of “Queer Clergy in Action” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender rabbis and cantors. This ...
Make Your Community All-Gender Inclusive
We hear from trans-activists (including on this blog – see yesterday’s interview with Nick Teich) that one impediment to transgender ...
A Guide to the (Not So) Complex: An Interview with Nick Teich
Nick Teich is a busy person. In between pursuing a Ph.D. in social policy at Brandeis University’s Heller School for ...