#Queer jew

[loki-god-of-mischief-13]

Pride Mezuzahs

If I forgot your flag, tell me. Happy pride to the Jews in my phone.

[hachama]

I made a rainbow golem to cheer myself up

[whatlieswithintheorchard]

Blessing for Trans Intimacy

As you touch your lips say the following blessing:

ברוכֶה אתה יי אלהימותינו רוח העולמים אשר יצרה את האדם בחכמה ובראה בנו נקבים נקבים חלולים חלולים

Transliteration:

B’ruche ateh ‘’, elohimoteinu, ruach ha’olameem

Asher yatzreh et ha-adam b'chochmah

Uvare'eh vanu n’kavim n’kavim chalulim chalulim

Translation:

Praise the Source of Life, Life of Many Worlds, who creates our bodies with Wisdom, creating holes and hollows.

Blessed is the One

For letting me see the holiness in others

The sacredness of scars on a chest

The holiness of one who has learned to love themselves

Who renew their creation

The mitzvah of my lips on their body

Gloriously exploring each other

For seeing each other is like seeing the face of G’d

[coming-home116]

dont forget to kiss the mezuzah on your way in!

shalom!! you can call me Eli (for Eliezer) if you need to put a name to my presence. this is my Judaism blog, for anything that relates, probably primarily books (i now have a stack of Jewish books and am slowly working my way through it TwT), art, fashion, cooking, meditation, anything!

i am:

༄.° 18 years old, been considering conversion since i was around 15

༄.° blessed to be genderqueer. my pronouns are she/her, he/him, xe/xem/xyr, fin/fins, gill/gills, cer/cers, in no particular order

༄.° a prospective convert - i currently am not in the best position to convert as i live out of town of the Conservative synagogue i am hoping to convert through, but i am trying (and really really hoping) to make it work

༄.° hoping to learn some amount of Hebrew, Yiddish, Spanish, Ladino, Arabic, and French in my lifetime

༄.° a Star Trek fan! are you surprised? /lh (admittedly ive not watched most of it, and im primarily a fan of The Next Generation - Data, my beloved!)

༄.° alterhuman/otherkin/other such similar terms. this wont come up most likely but it is important to me, and something i think one can be casual about online. im not gonna post my 'types but if youre interested in knowing them, shoot me a DM maybe :3

this blog is NOT antizionism friendly - i will probably block you. if you consider Zionists to be bad Jews or people, you should block me. i will not respond to asks about the conflict. my asks are open and the anon option is on for anyone that might want to chat but is shy, not for hate.

messianic 'Jews' will be blocked on sight. other Christians are on thin ice - i ask that yall dont reblog or reply my posts with any Christian commentary. this is Jewish-related blog, for Jewish people.

other people i dont really fuck with and will probably block:

༄.° transmeds

༄.° so-called misanthropes

༄.° Wiccans (specifically Wiccans, otherwise witches and folk magic practioners are alright)

༄.° TERFs, radfems

BOTH Israelis and Palestinians deserve a safe home without war, and no one side or people deserves damnation just because of their government. Hamas is a terrorist organization.

im trying to observe Shabbos more, in the ways that appeal to me and make me feel closer to HaShem, so i might not be online Friday evenings and Saturdays (Central Standad Time)

im gonna come up with a tags list, stay tuned!

buhbye!

[orphee-aux-enfers]

So, I'm asking honestly and in good faith to better understand Orthodox attitudes toward queerness. Suppose you had a son, who is male according to halacha, and he wants to have an intimate relationship with another man (who is similarly male according to halacha). How would you feel about this? How would your wider community feel? Do you think other Orthodox Jews in your community would feel the same in that situation, or is there a spread?

Hi anon. Thanks for the kindness in asking politely, though that should be the bare minimum. Not sure why you're asking me of all people, though. I'm an intersex transsexuel who identifies literally as a "tranny fagdyke". I am married to another transexual who also IDs as a tranny. My wider community absolutely accepts us, but it is still community dependent. So. If my son was also queer, I expect he'd be similarly loved and supported and given free food and hospitality and invited to gatherings and such because we would not be in an unaccepting community. Personally, I've never been shunned at any stage of visible queerness or transness. Maybe I've been lucky. But 7 ish communities is an awful lot for me to feel it's a fluke.

I think the thing people need to understand is that while orthodox Jews at large may not have prior knowledge, or understand, or approve, many refuse to speak out or discriminate due to lashon hara. This means you have acceptance without understanding which is MORE THAN SUFFICIENT for me, especially because the secular world is incredibly hard for me to exist in even if I'm NOT visibly religious, which I very much am. I would much rather be supported by someone who doesn't understand me than outright treated with hatred by someone who uses the politically correct terms of transgender as a slur and calls me a k*** to my face for being a Jew (my experience in secular, queer liberal spaces).

So. Lashon hara. A thing that I think EVERYONE should learn!!!! Because every SINGLE orthodox Jew I know practices it, well, religiously. Including about our trans and queer members of the community. No one chastises as harshly as a bubbe hearing someone call someone names behind their back, to be honest.

Obviously I cannot speak for every community, or even my community's private opinions because I'm ONE PERSON. I've never lived in a New York or New Jersey community. I've mostly lived in Europe, where Orthodox Judaism is often more frequently just... Judaism. It's very unfair to paint all communities with the same brush, based on what seem to me to be minority experiences within an already tiny minority. I understand it's not everyone's experience, but honestly and truly, I know more queer orthodox Jews with good experiences than I know queer orthodox Jews with bad experiences.

[shynerdwantscuddles]

This is exactly what I mean when I say queer goyim are antisemitic to queer Jews, and queer Jews aren’t safe in queer spaces dominated by goyim. I think I’d rather be called a faggot by some random homophobe on the street than by this neo-Nazi tankie moron, because at least then I wouldn’t also have to deal with antisemitism. Also, if you’re a goy reading this and about to make some dumb ass comment about how this was only directed at ((Zionists)) and not all Jews, consider fucking off and learning an ounce of critical thinking skills instead.

[hiddur-mitzvah]

I love being a religious queer. I love G-d so much. I love praying to and worshipping Him. I love the person G-d created me to be. I love the world He continually breathes into existence. I love the perspective He gave me to appreciate it. Most of all I love the capacity that G-d gave us to love, in all of our unique ways, in every moment of our lives.

[penguicorns-are-cool]

some appreciation for how in at least one of the B'nei Mitzvot DJ Schumely calls up the B'nei Mitzvah (generally accepted gender-neutral version of Bar or Bat Mitzvah) meaning that child is probably non-binary and this synagogue and DJ are accepting of that

I was pretty worried for diversity in this show cause Adam Sandler's past movies tend to at least have a ton of microagressions, but this was pretty good about it. like actual representation of POC and Queer Jews

[ask-a-queer-jew]

Today is Yom Kippur

Shout out to all the queer Jews who have to explain this holiday to their queer friends.

Shout out to all the queer Jews who have friends that respond with laughter, or calling fasting child abuse, or asking why you even bother.

Shout out to all the queer Jews who feel conflicted over this holiday.

Shout out to all the queer Jews forced to participate (you deserve to make your own choices).

Shout out to all the queer Jews who are in traditional communities, and will read in tomorrow's torah reading that being queer is wrong

Shout out to all the queer Jews who feel the need to repent for their queerness (you are perfect the way you are).

Shout out to all the queer Jews who are tired of lying, and tired of repenting for lying.

Shout out to all the queer Jews who can only think of all the times and all the people they are lying to every time they read Al Chet (על חטא)

Shout out to all the queer Jews who think of how many less sins they'd commit if only they weren't queer.

Shout out to all the queer Jews who do not feel safe today.

Shout out to all the queer Jews who do not know if or when they will ever feel safe on Yom Kippur.

You are all accepted here. You deserve a voice. My DMs are open if you need someone to talk to. This holiday can be challenging, but you will make it through.

[kodiescove]

Hey queer Jews

I know times are tough right now, and pride events seem scary

I can't do anything about this year's pride

But I'm here to invite you over to my assisted living apartment next year for pride since I'll actually be allowed to have company!

You can bring all your favorite sober foods amd non alcoholic drinks!(drugs and alcohol are not allowed on premises, sorry)

We have a pool table and a lovely patio!

I would be honored to have you as a part of my pride.

I hope that this year you can safely enjoy pride.

I'll be here next year to help you celebrate and welcome you with open arms into my home 💜

[moronichero]

might be coleading Rosh Hashanah 2nd day service?? and am coleading an annual shabbat service hosted by both the local jewish community centre and the local jewish housing association in november?? am so happy and so nervous and the only reason I have the confidence to do these things is because of queer yeshiva and I'm emotional and gay and I love queer jewish community so much

[loki-god-of-mischief-13]

Pride is almost over so I made this comic

Sorry if it’s a little messy. (Guess I can’t do anything straight lol)

[tiredandsleepyaf]

Need more inclusive, queer, Jews to follow

[thepomegranatewitch]

The 5784 / 2024 omer counter is live and expanded to twice the former length with more prayers, poetic translations, art, and space to count the omer your way. Counter and colouring companion are available on kofi, and stickers and more available on redbubble.

Here's a peek at the inside of the omer counter:

Image description: 7 screenshots of the omer counter, showing a colour cover, a black and white cover, a multi-month spread, an explanation of how to count with a list of pieces of the ritual, the omer bracha with 7 different names of Gd, a week spread with journaling prompts and diagrams, and a week's worth of dailies.

And some peeks at the colouring companion:

Image description. 3 screenshots of black and white imagesfrom the counter, showing the pomegranate spiral with wheat sheaf cover; an empty eitz chayim diagram with crescent moon and succulent, bonfire, and mountain with a rose, and a multimonth Hebrew and Gregorian double spread with peonies, roses, moons, a bonfire, and flowered mountains on each day of the omer and Shavuot.

If you like the cover image, you can buy three different versions of it on stickers, stationary, clothing, and more. You can also get a full colour version of the sfira tree with roses, just the roses (60 of them!), or a minipack of stickers for your counter.

Like this but can't buy? Even a reblog helps support a queer, disabled, mixed race artist and parent!

Image description: a branch of seven pomegranate blossoms on a blue circle, with a spiral of black moon phases getting smaller as they approach the center. In center is a sheaf of 7 stalks of wheat.

[coming-home116]

stood in the shower yesterday and just talked aloud to HaShem

said 'whatever it takes, however long this takes, wherever i must go and who i have to meet, i will follow the call You've placed within me. though i might feel alone sometimes, i know im not, because You walk with me, as i find Your people'

does that count as hitbodedut?

[sugaronyourtongu3]

My poem about Jewishness