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Additional Resources on Gender & Sexuality

  • March 12, 2021

How do Jewish communities continue to become spaces for gender liberation?

Joined by: Rabbi Dev Noily, My name is Dev, and my pronouns are ‘they’ and ‘them’; Anonymous, Parenting a Trans Child

Joined by: Rabbi Tamara Cohen and Essie Shachar-Hill, #MeToo, Gender Socialization and the Movement We Are Constructing, Rabbi Mira Wasserman of The Center for Jewish Ethics

For continued reading:

Becoming a Man by Lance Tukell

The Miseducation of the American Boy by Peggy Orenstein

What Is Sex? What Is Gender? by Joan Roughgarden

Developing Trans*Competence: A Guide for Meditation and Retreat Centers from TransBuddhists.org

Can A Gay Man Sexually Harass A Woman? by Rabbi Jacob Staub

Is God Transgender? by Rabbi Mark Sameth

Who is He? He is She: The Secret Four Letter Name of God by Rabbi Mark Sameth

When Children Say They’re Trans by Jesse SingalResponse: Sacred Bodies by Alex Barasch

Liberal Orthodox Yeshiva Says It Will Not Ordain Gay Student by Shira Hanau

Gender Spectrum

Transformative Inclusion: A Resource Guide for Transgender Welcome in Jewish Congregations and Organizations from the Center for LGBTQ an Gender Studies in Religion 

Coming Out As Who You Are by Judy Lutz 

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