Reform Jews poised to pass transgender resolution

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Reform Jews poised to pass transgender resolution

http://news.yahoo.com/reform-jews-poised-pass-transgender-resolution-093706303.html;_ylt=A0LEVjdN_TlWZ8kAa1AnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--

AP via Yahoo News
By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Nov 4, 2015

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — When Rabbi Elliot Kukla became the first out transgender rabbi ordained in the Reform Jewish movement almost a decade ago, he would get questions from other rabbis along the lines of "There's a transgender congregant coming to services. What should I do?" He would tell the other rabbis to greet them with, "Shabbat shalom," the traditional welcome for anybody.

Now, other rabbis ask more sophisticated questions and lack the discomfort of the earlier ones: Is there a ritual for a trans man who is converting to Judaism but doesn't have a penis for a traditional circumcision? How can we celebrate a 12-year-old trans girl's name change at her Bat Mitzvah?
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[Dee Marshall]

Changing your name at your Bat Mitzvah, how wonderful! It makes me wish I was 12 years old,... or actually Jewish instead of just married into a Jewish family.

[Asche]

Makes me wonder if I should suggest some sort of ceremony to my Unitarian congregation for when (I hope it's "when") I transition.

[stephaniec]

Full text of Reform Judaism resolution on transgender rights

http://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-reform-judaism-resolution-on-transgender-rights/

Times Of Israel/By Times of Israel staff November 5, 2015, 9:40 pm

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Full text of Reform Judaism resolution on transgender rights

http://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-reform-judaism-resolution-on-transgender-rights/

Times Of Israel/By Times of Israel staff November 5, 2015, 9:40 pm

I read this with tears in my eyes. It was so beautiful to be affirmed.

[stephaniec]

yes indeed it is