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Tag: Lgbt Rights

0 Literature Gender/Identity

The second Yiddish Harry Potter book arrives, and JK Rowling is she who must not be named

PJ Grisar in Forward · 14 Aug

The Yiddish translation of the second Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter un di kamer fun soydes," presented challenges for translator Arun Schaechter Viswanath, who crafted new Yiddish words and a sinister-sounding middle name for Voldemort.

0 Politics Communities

Eva R. Cohen: There is a Lack of Empathy for Israel

Moment in Moment · 16 Apr

Eva R. Cohen, a rabbinical student and leader of a Humanistic Jewish congregation in Minneapolis, discusses the lack of empathy for Israel in the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas attack.

0 Gender/Identity Communities

From the Newsletter | When Psychiatry Made Being Gay OK

Dan Freedman in Moment · 15 Dec 2023

This article discusses the significance of the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) decision to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1973.

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The Queering of Antisemitism

Corinne Blackmer in Tablet · 3 Feb 2023

The author shares their personal experience of facing antisemitic and homophobic hate crimes on a college campus.

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ACT UP changed AIDS activism. Sarah Schulman wants us to learn its lessons

Forward · 26 Jun 2021

Sarah Schulman, a journalist and member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), has written a history of the influential AIDS activist group in her book "Let the Record Show."

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Has Everyone Gone Nuts?

Jill Kargman in Tablet · 19 May 2021

In this article, the author discusses their experience of being attacked by both far-right and far-left groups for their political views.

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Andrew Solomon: Far from the Tree [Divergence 4/4]

18forty · 5 Apr 2021

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Andrew Solomon discusses intergenerational divergence and his book, "Far from the Tree."

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The Real Lincoln Project Scandal

James Kirchick in Tablet · 19 Feb 2021

The Real Lincoln Project Scandal revolves around the controversial behavior of John Weaver, a former political operative and co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project.

0 Politics Gender/Identity

AJC Passport: U.S. Antisemitism Summit and LGBT Rights in Israel

People of the Pod · 19 Jul 2019

AJC's Jason Isaacson discussed the U.S. Department of Justice Summit on Combating Antisemitism and the increased efforts to combat antisemitism.

0 Gender/Identity Communities

‘Make Birobidzhan Gay Again’

Samantha Shokin in Tablet · 22 May 2017

Brighton Beach Pride, a Russian-speaking pride parade in Brooklyn, marked a significant moment for the LGBTQ community, challenging homophobia within the conservative enclave of Brighton Beach, largely populated by Soviet Jews.

0 Gender/Identity Jewish Law

Remembering My Father, Who Sang at My Brother’s Big Gay Jewish Wedding

Marjorie Ingall in Tablet · 16 Jun 2016

The text reflects on a video from 2002 showing the night before the writer's brother's gay marriage ceremony, where their father enthusiastically performed.