Growing up Jewish, my favorite holiday was always Pesach. Passover. Everyone else seemed to love Chanukah for the presents and dreidels or Rosh Hashanah for the sweet honey…

Trauma. Often, when speaking about the connection between queerness and religion, the word trauma is brought into the mix…

As the June sun set over Denver’s Cheesman Park, I stepped in front of the crowd, struck my pose, and began to pray. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam…

When I first transitioned, my relationship with Judaism was the last thing on my mind. How would my religion even connect with my gender?…

The biggest religious gift I ever received was the privilege to be given no set religion. My mom, a Catholic, and my dad, a Jew, agreed to raise me without a religious upbringing…

While I am not an Orthodox Jew, I have always identified with the religion and culture of Judaism. My mother instilled in me the Jewish values of kindness…