transgender issues
Amid attacks on trans people, a queer yeshiva offers a path to liberation
By Yonat Shimron — April 12, 2023
(RNS) — At Svara, LGBTQ Jews are reinterpreting and reshaping Jewish tradition by copying the methods used by the rabbis who compiled the Talmud.
Supreme Court won’t hear case involving transgender rights
By Associated Press — November 1, 2021
The high court turned away the case Monday without comment, as is typical. Three conservative justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch — said they would have heard the case.
Colorado baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias
By Colleen Slevin — March 23, 2021
DENVER (AP) — This time involving a birthday cake for a transgender woman who requested a cake that was blue on the outside and pink on the inside in honor of her gender transition.
Measuring the religious significance of the Supreme Court’s LGBT decision
By Mark Silk — June 15, 2020
(RNS) — Dashing the hopes of social conservatives, two justices President Trump nominated to the Court took a relaxed view of the religious implications of expanding LGBTQ rights.
Hindu monastic order is reclaiming transgender people’s status in Indian society
By Soumya Shankar — February 20, 2019
PRAYAGRAJ, India (RNS) — A reality TV star-turned-transgender activist is using the ancient Hindu tradition of akharas to go beyond activism's limits to change religious attitudes toward her community.
Catholics’ Perspectives on Transgender Issues
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux — January 31, 2013
A former teacher at a Catholic school is suing, saying that he was dismissed based on his transgender identity. Catholics are, overall, supportive of legal protections for transgender people.
Page 1 of 1
