Walking Through the Valley of Shadows

by Mercedes Allen

(As I’d mentioned, it’s time to move on from the previous discussion. I admit, I probably wouldn’t have reacted as badly if the debate hadn’t touched on something that was freshly raw for me personally, but as it is still a raw nerve, we’ll leave the HBS thing be. I thought I’d go [...]

(As I'd mentioned, it's time to move on from the previous discussion. I admit, I probably wouldn't have reacted as badly if the debate hadn't touched on something that was freshly raw for me personally, but as it is still a raw nerve, we'll leave the HBS thing be. I thought I'd go with something far less controversial. Politics is being overdone right now, what with all the stuff on the primaries, so I thought I'd take on Religion. ... Read More

Categories: Christianity, Spirituality, Trans, Transgender in History, gender, gender binary, gender identity

Parashat Vaera–Confronting Injustice: A Jewish Model for Trans Advocacy

by Guest Blogger

This guest post comes to us from Gavriel Ansara. Y. Gavriel A. Levi Ansara is the founder and executive director of Lifelines Rhode Island, a statewide grassroots advocacy, education, and support initiative to meet the needs of transgender, transsexual, Two Spirit, genderqueer, and intersex (TGI) people. Gavi is also founder and coordinator of Tiferet, a [...]

This guest post comes to us from Gavriel Ansara. Y. Gavriel A. Levi Ansara is the founder and executive director of Lifelines Rhode Island, a statewide grassroots advocacy, education, and support initiative to meet the needs of transgender, transsexual, Two Spirit, genderqueer, and intersex (TGI) people. Gavi is also founder and coordinator of Tiferet, a Keshet outreach project for Orthodox and traditionally observant GLB/TGI Jews, serves as one of the facilitators for Keshet’s Massachusetts Jewish Safe Schools program, and has numerous other ... Read More

Categories: Spirituality