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SF Pride Parade
Posted inLocal Voice

The government is trying to criminalize my existence — again 

Rabbi Eliana Kayelle by Rabbi Eliana Kayelle April 15, 2025April 17, 2025

It’s April 2025, and the government is trying to criminalize my existence as a trans person — again.  On April 3, the White House proclaimed April as National Child Abuse […]

The weekly "Shabbat stroll" at Camp Tawonga in 2022. (Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inU.S.

At Jewish sleepaway camps this summer, bunks and bathrooms accommodate any gender identity

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 27, 2023
Kai Shappley, actress and trans rights activist, speaks to Jewish youth at the BBYO International Convention in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 17, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jason Dixson Photography)
Posted inU.S.

BBYO’s planned convention in Florida poses conundrum for LGBTQ Jews and allies

by Andrew Lapin June 23, 2023June 23, 2023
a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inOpinion

Rainbow flags are not enough against deluge of anti-LGBTQ+ hate

Tyler Gregory by Tye Gregory June 13, 2023June 14, 2023
Shalita Corndog and Mina J’Moi lead drag bingo on Purim at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Mychal Copeland)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why my synagogue hosted a drag story hour for Purim

9mugmychalcopeland by Rabbi Mychal Copeland April 4, 2023April 5, 2023
a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inLocal Voice

Trans Day of Visibility: Legal protections for trans people are long overdue

Rabbi Eliana Kayelle by Rabbi Eliana Kayelle March 27, 2023
Jewish scholars and rabbis in the Teshuva Writing Collective, a project of Svara, are creating the first collection of responsa by and for transgender Jews. (Photo/JTA-Jess Benjamin)
Posted inReligion

Queer yeshiva to publish first-ever collection of Jewish legal opinions written by and for trans Jews

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA March 20, 2023
Oakland school board member Nick Resnick with his sons Jude (left) and Dylan. (Photo/Courtesy Resnick for Oakland School Board)
Posted inBay Area

This Oakland Jewish dad is the first transgender person to serve on a California school board

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene December 16, 2022December 20, 2022
The white nationalist group Patriot Front attends the March For Life on Jan. 8, 2022 in Chicago. Libs of TikTok has directed them to target a Pride event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (Photo/Forward illustration by Jake Wasserman; image by Kamil Krzaczynski-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Libs of Tiktok is fueling a pogrom against trans youth

Elad Nehorai by Elad Nehorai and Forward August 30, 2022
Libs of TikTok, a Twitter account popular in the right-wing political media space, named Camp Ramah in California in a tweet, July 6, 2022. Background: The entrance to Ramah in Ojai. (Photo/JTA-Stephen Osman-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

A Jewish camp is reassuring families amid a ‘social media offensive’ over its inclusion of trans children

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA July 8, 2022

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