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November 04, 2015, 06:48:11 AM
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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Traci Melissa Knight
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Dee Marshall

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November 04, 2015, 11:42:25 AM
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.
April 22, 2015, the day of my first face to face pass in gender neutral clothes and no makeup. It may be months to the next one, but I'm good with that!

Being transgender is just a phase. It hardly ever starts before conception and always ends promptly at death.

They say the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train. I say, climb aboard!
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Asche

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November 04, 2015, 12:53:22 PM
Makes me wonder if I should suggest some sort of ceremony to my Unitarian congregation for when (I hope it's "when") I transition.

"...  I think I'm great just the way I am, and so are you." -- Jazz Jennings



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stephaniec

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November 05, 2015, 02:55:27 PM
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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suzifrommd

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November 05, 2015, 04:05:33 PM
Quote from: stephaniec on November 05, 2015, 02:55:27 PM
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.
Have you read my short story The Eve of Triumph?
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stephaniec

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November 09, 2015, 01:41:11 AM
yes indeed it is
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