An unending and utter disgrace. Yeshiva University filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Monday to block a court order requiring them to recognize a "Pride Alliance" LGBTQ student club. In court papers, the school says that "As a deeply religious Jewish university, Yeshiva cannot comply with that order because doing so would violate its sincere religious beliefs about how to form its undergraduate students in Torah values."
We know, beyond any doubt, that attending queer affirming schools radically decreases suicide rates amongst queer young people. Pikuach nefesh is a jewish principle that states preservation of human life overrides absolutely any other religious rule of Judaism.
Denying students to the resources they need is deadly and distinctly unjewish.
cute !!
@leo_baker doc is now on Netflix! Called Stay On Board The Leo Baker Story it’s produced by local legend @anderfinn and about Leo’s story and career with a focus on Leo’s choice to turn down going to the Olympics to openly transition and the start of @glue_skateboards that queer skate brand he started with some friends where you this epic shirt that reads ALL FAGS GO TO HEAVEN is from
Was finally able to get my monkeypox vaccine today - and most importantly **more vaccine appointments will go live at http://vax4nyc.nyc.gov/monkeypox tomorrow, August 4 at 6 p.m **
As many of you know - setting up an appointment was a nightmare and complete disgrace. After about 15 days of trying I went to a testing site about an hour away because it was the only one with an appointment. Once I got to the facility the check in was simple and the staff was incredibly kind, welcoming and seemed to put folks (myself included) at ease. The process felt quite similar to getting the covid vaccine. I went to a private room and got the shot which didn't hurt - felt the same as any other shot. Then I went to a room where they "monitor" you for 15 minutes to ensure that you don't have a reaction against the vaccine - the same way they did with the covid vaccine.
I had two takeaways from the experience. The first is that our governments, federal and state, completely failed us. But the healthcare workers who are administering the vaccine didn't. They are (for the most part) not creating policy. It is important we don't take out our justified anger on them.
Second is that I am so freaking grateful for activists in our community who are speaking out, keeping us safe and educated - follow @prep4all @actupny @jeffervescense @doctor.darien @doctorcarlton just to name a FEW
#monkeypox #monkeypoxvirus #monkeypoxvirus
Unbelievably moved by @TransPrideLondon and SO glad I got to be there - especially by this sign. The Yiddish phrase means “we will outlive them” and comes from Poland in 1939 when a group of Hasidic Jews were ordered to back up against a fence of barbed wire and sing to their executions. The legend goes that they began to sing and dance joyously defying the Nazis as they demanded them to stop.
The idea behind the phrase is that in moments of oppression and trial know that we will outlive them and that in the end of the day we will win.
Awhile back @thomaspagemcbee wrote an article for @them.us about transphobia in the UK and I recommend reading it.
Constantly in awe of the UK trans community and so proud to have marched with you #lgbwiththet
Location: London, United Kingdom
An expression of love, queerness, community and joy the likes of which i’ve never seen before - thank you for letting me be a part of it and (to quote Hugh’s vows) for the trail you blaze through the world
Location: London, United Kingdom
Treyf is a Yiddish word used for something that’s not kosher - colloquially it has come to mean something that is in the wrong, undesirable, something to stay away from.
This is absolutely true when it comes terfs - those who deny, reject and attempt to impede trans rights. That is because protecting trans people is a Jewish value.
Gabriel Stein-Bodenheimer wrote for Hey Alma “ Saving a life (in Hebrew, pikuach nefesh) is a core Jewish value. The rabbis of the Talmud tell us, “Whoever saves one life, it is as if that person saved the whole world.” A life is more important than any mitzvot. Life is more important than fasting on Yom Kippur. If a person needs to take medicine, the Talmud tells us, the community should support them in doing everything they need to take the medicine and maintain their health. You should live by the mitzvot, not die by them.
Trans-affirming healthcare is medicine. Puberty blockers are medicine. Hormone Replacement Therapy is medicine. Gender affirming surgeries are medicine. They save lives.
As Jews, we have the moral obligation to value life.
Over half of transgender and nonbinary youth have considered suicide within the past year, according the Trevor Project 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Mental Health. Transgender and nonbinary youth are two to two and a half times more likely to experience depression and attempt suicide than their non-transgender LGB peers. Youth with multiple, intersecting marginalized identities experiences even greater disparities in mental health”
This is CRYSTAL clear. Shirt by @jfrejnyc “there's no room for transphobia in our movement for collective liberation; TERFs are TREYF! 100% of the profits will go to the Protect & Defend Trans Youth Fund ”
My pride 2022 look ❤️💕
JUSTICE FOR ALL BIRTHING PEOPLE
Happy pride to the messy and nameless parts of our becoming that we can’t share on IG 💖 - @itaqt
This is Shatzi Weisberger - better known as The People's Bubbe. You can march with her and @jvpny and todays @queermarch
From @jvpny “Join other queers for Palestinian liberation at the Queer Liberation March!
We'll gather at 1pm outside City Hall at Chambers and Centre Street, and head up to Foley Square together at 1:30pm”