#nonbinary jew

[deathbyathousandleeches]

Pspspsps other gender nonconforming people who are normal about Jews pspspspsps

[transjews]

Trans Jews

Hello folks!

This blog is run by a nonbinary Jew, and is a space for trans Jews to tell their stories.  Are you Jewish (ethnically, culturally, religiously, whatever)?  Are you trans (any identity under the trans umbrella is welcome)?  Reach out and share your story!

Hopefully this blog can be a resource for trans Jews to connect with each other and to know that we’re not alone.

[disasterbisexual-moved]

the 6 Jewish genders

Since it’s Rosh Hashanah, I figured now would be as good a time as any to talk about the 6 culturally-specific Jewish gender identities. 

Zachar/זָכָר: This term is derived from the word for a pointy sword and refers to a phallus. It is usually translated as “male” in English. (Western counterpart: cisgender man)

Nekeivah/נְקֵבָה: This term is derived from the word for a crevice and probably refers to a vaginal opening. It is usually translated as “female” in English. (Western counterpart: cisgender woman)

Androgynos/אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס: A person who has both “male” and “female” sexual characteristics. (Western counterparts: intersex person, nonbinary person, genderfluid person, bigender person)

Ay’lonit/איילונית: A person who is identified as “female” at birth but develops “male” characteristics at puberty and is infertile. (Western counterpart: transgender man)

Saris/סריס: A person who is identified as “male” at birth but develops “female” characteristics as puberty and/or is lacking a penis. A saris can be “naturally” a saris (saris hamah), or become one through human intervention (saris adam). (Saris hamah western counterpart: intersex?) / (Saris adam western counterpart: transgender woman)

Tumtum/טֻומְטוּם: A person whose sexual characteristics are indeterminate or obscured. (Western counterparts: nonbinary person, agender person, intersex person)

In my opinion, any Jewish person can claim at least one of the above gender identities, regardless of if they are ethnically Jewish or a convert. 

Read more about the etymology behind Jewish cultural gender identities here, and more about the terminology here. 

[groovy-lady]

Fic or Art Request PLEASE!

Spock (TOS) and Nonbinary!Reader (who are in an established relationship) being Jewish together (celebrating Hanukkah or Pesach; Spock wearing a kippah and Reader wearing tichel; going to shul together when they’re on Earth, etc)!

[progressivejudaism]

Two opportunities for LGBTQ+ Jews!

On Sunday morning at 10:00 EDT, a wonderful educator is leading a queer torah study! I'd love to encourage folks to make yourself some breakfast, grab a tanakh, and dial in! This will be very informal - feel free to have a kiddo in your lap, or be wearing PJs.

Link: https://hangouts.google.com/call/nayX24yqBKvxcBrUWKNbAEEE…

Then beginning on Monday at 1:00pm EDT, the same educator is leading an online group for queer Jewish teens. It's based out of Philadelphia and will hopefully switch to in person meetings when the virus is contained, but teens anywhere are welcome to join.

[legless-rat]

I’m the nice Jewish girl your mom wants you to bring home except I’m not nice or a girl that’s just my disguise really I’m angry and you know how angry dead Jewish girls can be I will bring down the world with my anger

[sandstonejourney]

What’s in a name?

My full Hebrew name is Noach Devorah ben Avraham v’Sarah. Noach is the male form of Noah. Devorah is the name of Israel’s only female judge. It’s a name that makes me grin when I get to say it out loud even as my stomach flips from nerves. 

I got to say my full Hebrew name yesterday at the end of my Aliyah. It was the first time that I’d said it in front of people who weren’t the rabbis. As I said it, I stumbled over the second name: Devorah. It’s an odd thing, having a woman’s name next to one that’s so distinctly male. It’s even odder when what comes behind it is basically telling everyone that you’re a boy because Hebrew, for better or worse, is a gendered language.

In hindsight, I don’t think anyone but me picked up on it, but that didn’t stop my stomach from flipping nervously. It flipped because most of the older people think I’m a guy (I present pretty masculinely thanks to being on T for almost 3 yrs now). There’s even a woman who’s taken to calling me a “nice Jewish boy.” While having people refer to me as a guy is a thousand times better than them referring to me as a girl, at the end of the day, I’m not a guy. My name is proof of that: Noach Devorah. For people who listen close enough, it’s practically an announcement of my gender neutral status.

Noach Devorah ben Avraham v’Sarah. Noah Devorah, son of Abraham and Sarah. It’s an almost completely masculine name for someone who pings masc but isn’t a guy. It’s my name. It’s complicated, not 100% perfect, but then again neither am I.

[sandstonejourney]

House Update

Been forever since I’ve used this thing so update, both for my own accountability and for anyone who might stumble upon it: finished my conversion in...May? Picked a Hebrew name: Noach Devorah ben Avraham v’Sarah (or b’nei Avraham v’Sarah, if I’m talking to one of the rabbis who sat on my beit dein). So now this blog’s gonna mainly be me trying to figure out my observance with the whole non-binary thing, plus the culture thing. Also stories because stories are nice.