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The Schmooze Lena Dunham Celebrates Her Sister in Moving Speech
Lena Dunham gave a moving speech on Monday night, when she was honored by the Point Foundation, an organization devoted to helping LGBTQ students overcome obstacles. Speaking at the New York Public Library, the creator and star of “Girls” thanked her family and her sister, Grace, who came out at age 17. “I have always…
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Opinion Queer Passover Seder Helped Me Reclaim Judaism
An alternative Seder plate holds a coconut, representing closeted LGBTQ youth. / JQ International At the time, it didn’t occur to me to be offended or concerned that I was being circled by the cheerleaders and other popular girls who held hands, bowed their heads and prayed for my soul. They were part of “Christian…
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Fast Forward Jewish Bride Among First for British Gay Nuptials Hours After Law Changes
A Jewish woman and her non-Jewish partner were among the first same-sex couples to be married in Britain hours after a law permitting such marriages went into effect. Nicola Pettit, 29, who is Jewish, married Tania Ward, 28, on Saturday morning at Brighton Town Hall, according to the London Jewish Chronicle. The couple had a…
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Opinion Jewish Brides Make British Gay Marriage History
Tania Ward and Nicola Pettit / Courtesy of Nicola Pettit (Haaretz) — Tania Ward and Nicola Pettit will make history this Saturday when they become one of the first same-sex couples to legally marry in Britain. More than that, their marriage will be among the first to receive a Jewish blessing, as Liberal and Reform…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Donates Her Voice to Keshet
(JTA) — Attention all Bostonians looking for a good, old-fashioned, R-rated outgoing voicemail message: Sarah Silverman and Keshet, an organization that advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews, might be able to help. Attendees of the Keshet Cabaret on March 27 will have the opportunity to bid on a personal voicemail from the raunchy…
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Opinion Fighting Anti-Gay Hate on Purim
Demonstrators in Nairobi, Kenya rally against wave of anti-gay legislation in Africa. Getty Images. The ancient rabbi Hillel famously asked: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?” I feel it is important to answer the first two questions…
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Opinion Battle Over Purim Children’s Book With Two Dads
(JTA) — The line between respecting diverse religious beliefs and violating the rights and dignity of gays and lesbians is at the center of a debate between gay advocates and the PJ Library over a children’s picture book featuring a family with two fathers. “The Purim Superhero,” by Elisabeth Kushner, was published by Kar-Ben Publishing…
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Fast Forward Gay Couples Could Use Surrogate Mothers Under Proposed Israel Law
An Israeli government committee approved an amendment which would allow same-sex couples and singles to have babies using a surrogate in Israel. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved the amendment to the existing surrogacy law on Sunday by a vote of 7 to 5. Under the current law, only heterosexual couples can arrange to have…
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