What Does Judaism Say About LGBT People?
Rabbi Denise Eger, the lesbian rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami in West Hollywood, on Judaism and LGBT people.
BY Stevie St. John
December 03 2014 5:33 AM ET
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Within Judaism, there are many shades of LGBT acceptance and rejection.
Rabbi Denise Eger, the rabbi of the West Hollywood Reform synagogue Congregation Kol Ami, is one of the first openly gay or lesbian rabbis. She was ordained in 1986, then came out in 1989; the following year, Reform Judaism began ordaining openly gay and lesbian rabbis.
Eger says that Judaism has evolved on the issue of LGBT inclusion, particularly with the Reform movement's long record of support for LGBT rights.