Religion + Gender

by guestpost [➚] · Saturday, September 12th, 2009

http://jewschool.com/2009/09/12/17901/religion-gender/

Guestpost by "anonymous," who is Jewish, and Skyler, who was raised Christian. Both writers are post-transition FTMs. Anonymous first asked to write a guest post a couple weeks ago, before Skylar's article was forwarded to me. I thought they ran well, and show parallel thoughts and struggles across religions. - TWJ

   Anonymous: Years ago, I participated in online communities for transsexual Jews. We would talk about when to switch the gendered Hebrew words in prayer to reflect our true gender identities, how to deal with mechitzahs while transitioning, how to fulfill the first mitzvah, of being fruitful and multiplying, and generally support one another. It was a place to find support, when most of us could not find it in our home communities, especially not in our shuls or Jewish communities.