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      Ezra Furman performs in London, England, August 14, 2019. (Photo /JTA-Robin Little-Redferns)

      Music

      Ezra Furman announces she's a trans woman — and a mom!

      This piece first appeared on Kveller and was distributed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Jewish indie rocker Ezra Furman is a trans woman — and has been…
      By Lisa Keys Apr 29, 2021
      Cantor Stephen Saxon was inspired by an interview he heard on KQED to help Tom Ammiano get a long-denied varisty letter.

      Bay Area

      A varsity letter, 63 years late: Cantor rectifies S.F. pol’s high school snub

      All it took was an email for a 63-year-old wound to start to heal. In December, Cantor Stephen Saxon tuned into KQED’s “Political Breakdown” and heard an…
      By Gabriel Greschler Mar 3, 2021
      Shoshana Mackay lives on a Jewish farm in North Carolina. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Mackay)

      U.S.

      Transgender Jews find an unexpected safe haven: the farm

      Alex Kohanski began using the gender-neutral they/them pronouns on their first day of the Jewish farming fellowship Adamah in the fall of 2019. Though…
      By Ben Harris, JTA Feb 24, 2021
      Harvey Milk at Castro Camera in the mid-1970s (Photo/Courtesy S.F. Public Library)

      Local Voice

      Let’s install a Harvey Milk mural at S.F. State

      With the Leila Khaled webinar and anti-Israel panel on Sept. 23, once again San Francisco State University has made international news as a hotbed and…
      By Jeff Saperstein Oct 19, 2020
      Samantha Zerin struggled with her gender for years before coming out as transgender. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Zerin)

      Profile

      What it’s like to come out as trans when you’re married to the rabbi

      Samantha Zerin headed home from a Yiddish class she had taught as part of her synagogue’s adult education program on the evening of Dec. 19 and knew her…
      By Josefin Dolsten, JTA Jul 1, 2020
      The Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipal building is lit up for Pride month activities, June 28, 2020 (Photo/Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality)

      Israel

      Pride rallies across Israel in lieu of annual parades

      They came out by the thousands across Israel to show their support for LGBTQ rights — but the numbers were a far cry from the Pride parades held annually…
      By Marcy Oster, JTA Jun 30, 2020
      Noam Sienna is the author of “A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969.”

      Books

      A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history

      Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. A year before Noam Sienna, 30, earned his Ph.D. in Jewish history…
      By David A.M. Wilensky Jun 29, 2020
      pride flag waving in the wing

      Pride

      Celebrate Pride Month at these Jewish community events

      Pride Month in the Bay Area offers plenty of opportunities to celebrate the LGBTQI community and its history. Many synagogues host “Pride Shabbats,” but…
      By J. Staff Jun 11, 2019
      Marchers holding Jewish pride flags debate with marshals of the 2019 DC Dyke March. The marchers were allowed in after being blocked. (Screenshot from Twitter)

      U.S.

      Jewish Pride flags allowed into DC Dyke March after standoff

      A handful of protesters carrying Jewish Pride flags, a rainbow-striped flag with a Star of David in the middle, were allowed into the DC Dyke March…
      By Marcy Oster, JTA Jun 11, 2019
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