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I had no idea that there were more than two genders acknowledged in the ancient Jewish tradition. Given that Christianity is an offshoot of that tradition, one might hope that certain right-wing “Christians” who are currently leading the anti-trans legislation in our country would pay attention. Here are some excerpts from this article by Rabbi Elliot Kukla:
A 2021 study published by The Journal of Adolescent Health found that for people younger than 18, receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy was associated with nearly 40 percent lower odds of having had a suicide attempt in the previous year. It’s not being transgender or nonbinary that kills young people, it’s the shunning, lack of acceptance and transphobia they encounter in the struggle to be who they truly are.
This year, more than 450 bills have been introduced in 44 states, according to the Trans Legislation Tracker, that make it harder for transgender and nonbinary youth to get the support, respect and health care they need to survive. [...] This legislative attack is often framed as a battle between traditional religious values and modern ideas about gender. But we are real people, not ideas, and we have always existed, including within age-old religions. In my own tradition, Judaism, our most sacred texts reflect a multiplicity of gender. This part of Judaism has mostly been obscured by the modern binary world until very recently.
There are four genders beyond male or female that appear in ancient Jewish holy texts hundreds of times. They are considered during discussions about childbirth, marriage, inheritance, holidays, ritual leadership and much more. We were always hiding in plain sight, but recently the research of Jewish studies scholars like Max Strassfeld has demonstrated how nonbinary gender is central to understanding Jewish law and literature as a whole.
When a child was born in the ancient Jewish world it could be designated as a boy, a girl, a “tumtum” (who is neither clearly male nor female), or an “androgynos” (who has both male and female characteristics) based on physical features. There are two more gender designations that form later in life. The “aylonit” is considered female at birth, but develops in an atypical direction. The “saris” is designated male at birth, but later becomes a eunuch.
There is not an exact equivalence between these ancient categories and modern gender identities. Some of these designations are based on biology, some on a person’s role in society. But they show us that people who are more than binary have always been recognized by my religion. We are not a fad.
In fact, Judaism sees us as so ancient that according to one fifth-century interpretation of the Bible, the very first human being, Adam, was actually an androgynos. This explains why Genesis says, “And God created humankind in the divine image, creating it in the image of God,” referring to Adam, the first person, with a singular pronoun. But then, the very same verse says: “creating them male and female.” (1:27). “Them,” in this ancient interpretation, also refers to Adam: a single person who is both male and female. In other words, in this reading of the creation story, the first human being is described with a singular “they” pronoun to express the multiplicity of their gender. In the Mishna, the oldest and most authoritative source of Jewish legal theory, composed in the second century, we learn that anyone who kills or harms an androgynos (either accidentally or on purpose) is subject to the exact same ramifications as someone who hurts a man or woman. That chapter ends with a conversation about whether the androgynos is more like men or women. One of the sages, Rabbi Yossi, suggests that “he is a created being of her own.”
This phrase plays with the gender in Hebrew grammar to poetically express the complexity of the androgynos’s gender. The first time I learned this text, I was with my study partner, a transgender rabbi named Reuben Zellman. “Rabbi Yossi is right,” he said, “but not just about us. Everyone is a created being of their own.” [...] The growing wave of anti-trans bills in the United States represents not just a trans crisis, but a humanitarian crisis. History has shown countless times that when a government limits one group’s legal rights, it will eventually do the same to other groups.
I might be accused of having a “trans agenda.” I do. And it’s the same as my religious and my human agenda. I want trans kids, and all young people, to survive.
#ancient jewish teachings#six genders in ancient jewish holy texts#transgender and nonbinary rights#rabbi elliot kukla#trans suicide rates#the new york times
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If you are trans I need you to stay alive.
Stay alive for every other trans person fighting, stay alive for every trans person who is no longer here, and most importantly stay alive for yourself.
They don’t get to erase us! They don’t get to take away our rights, and treat us as less than human. Don’t let them erase us, and don’t let them make you a statistic. Don’t let them win.
Stay alive
If you won’t do it for yourself, then do it for others. Do it out of spite.
#I’ve been seeing trans people talking about ending it if Trump wins#transgender#trans#trans woman#mtf#trans men#ftm#trans masc#trans femme#nonbinary#queer#trans rights#queer rights#us politics#political#political punk#punk#kamala harris#donald trump#lgbt#lgbtq community
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"there are only two sexes, it's literally third grade biology!" and pronouns are taught in kindergarten and you dont seem to understand those either
#lgbt#lgbtq#queer#queer pride#pride#lgbt pride#gay rights#lgbt rights#lgbtqia#lgbtq community#trans#transgender#trans pride#nonbinary#nonbinary pride#intersex#intersex rights#dantes talking again
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if you are a trans boy, especially a teenage trans boy, i wanted to say that as a trans man in their 30's, you have my deepest respects and condolences for what you may be going through right now.
it has become socially acceptable and basically online custom to bully teenage trans boys & mascs, call them cringy, or excuse misgendering them for whatever reason. people put trans boys on this pedestal of "must perform masculinity and manhood to cartoonish degrees" even though they're still children.
people make trans boys fight for their manhood before they can even be boys. i am sorry people can be so judgmental and harsh on you. you are not wrong for wanting to be a boy. you are experiencing something wonderful. it's okay if you still want to be a boy even if people have treated you poorly, or tried to make you feel bad for being a boy. there is nothing wrong with being a boy.
it's okay if you never socially transition. it's okay if you're afraid to come out because it's not safe. it's okay if you never change your outward appearance. it's okay if you try very hard to pass but struggle to. it's okay if you wear "women's" clothing and shoes, bras, makeup, etc., it's okay if you're gay and love other men. it's okay if you're scared of hrt. it's okay if you don't want surgery. it's okay if you mainly occupy girl's spaces still. people will find every reason to pick these things apart and ridicule trans boys for, but they are all perfectly fine experiences that do not make you any less of a boy. you are the one who is in control of your transition, presentation, and state of being- you should be able to prioritize your safety over the comfort of random strangers who have no impact over how you live your life.
i've been put through this too, but later in life as i came out when i was an adult. people still try to make me feel bad for identifying as a trans man, for whatever reason they have in their head to justify hatred of a trans person. i've had enough. there will never be an excuse for how people try to excuse the infantilization and abuse that trans men and trans boys face.
take care of yourselves, no matter what age you are, if you are a trans boy, man, or masc you deserve to know that other trans men care about you, especially when people are scrambling to find ways to punch down on you. there are people who suck, but there are also a lot of people who care about you. keep your chin up. you know who you are
#trans man#ftm#transmasc#trans#transgender#transmasculine#trans men#trans boy#trans guy#non binary#nonbinary#genderqueer#bigender#multigender#lgbtqia#lgbtq#lgbt#queer#transsexual#gay ftm#our writing#enby#trans rights#trans community
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OMG I FORGOT TO PROVIDE AN ORIGINAL FILE OF MY SPINNY BOI ON TUMBLR
Spread this fucker
seeing them everywhere gives me so much joy lol
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You're literally gay??? And it's pride month??? And Israel's our only safe haven in that region???
There's no pride in genocide
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#lgbtq+#trans#transgender#trans beauty#trans rights#transfem#transmasc#trans joy#trans community#gay#lesbian#bisexual#queer#trans men#trans women#non binary#pansexual#asexual#pride#pride month#nonbinary
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Is it just me or does this line hit different when you remember that David Tennant actually has a non-binary kid who uses they/them pronouns, and has worn this non-binary rainbow pin to a bunch of interviews in support of them—?
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[Update] David Tennant continues his trend of being a trans ally respectful & supportive of non-binary people & gender neutral pronouns in the Doctor Who Special: The Star Beast (2023)
#good omens#good omens 2#nonbinary#david tennant#crowley#non binary#trans#non-binary#transgender#aj crowley#anthony j crowley#trans rights#go2#enby#lgbtq+#lgbtqia#queer#image described in alt text#image description in alt#doctor who#fourteenth doctor#14th doctor#doctor who 60th anniversary#the star beast#the meep#doctor who special#doctor who the star beast#dw#dw spoilers#the star beast spoilers
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I'm sending everyone who sees this some mad gender euphoria. It should arrive within 3-5 business days. If there is an issue with the status of your gender euphoria... uhmmm yeah I'm sorry idk how to fix that but I send hugs and well wishes
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#trans#transgender#pride#self care#trans joy#transfem#trans rights#lgbtqia+#lgbt#lgbtqia#lgbtq community#i still don't know how to use tumblr#transgender love#lgbtq#genderfluid#gender identity#gender fluid#nonbinary#enby#gender euphoria#genderqueer
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black sweater
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REBLOG THIS POST IF YOU FEEL SAFER WHEN QUEER SPACES ARE OPENLY ACCEPTING OF AMAB NONBINARY PEOPLE
#trying to prove a point#transgender#nonbinary#queer#transunity#lgbtqia#trans#lgbt#lgbtq#enby#amab enby rights
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butch dykes 4 trans rights
this was my first attempt at carving a more gothic font which was really fun but also so time consuming and hard to make small enough for it to be practical to do again
made in 2024
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This is what happens when we don’t teach people which books it was that the Nazis burned.
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