Not All Is Kosher Regarding Orthodox Acceptance of TG Jews

[Carolyn Marie]

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.740182

This doesn't surprise me.  The author doesn't even try to mask his contempt towards Conservative and Reform Rabbinical Councils and their welcoming of trans Jews.  Can't please everyone, I suppose.

Carolyn Marie

[Charlize]

What as a person outside of any of the faiths of the "book" is how  "biblical grammar and the Jewish religious tradition"  or any tradition are quoted as justification for "right action".  This to me is putting man's efforts above those of God's.   

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

[Guest Clair Dufour]

Not all take that view. Here is one group. http://www.sojourngsd.org/

[Birdie]

Wow do I have something to add here. 

My parents were traditional Jews of Sephardic ancestry on my mother's and Ashkenazi on my father's. Very traditional complete with the separate plates and cookware. 

Must have really been a shocker when their "child" was born with Gentelia that was not female nor male. Something in between was basically what they had to work with, and my parents decided since the child has testicles it would be considered male and raised as such. circumcision I'm sure was tricky, I don't remember of course but I don't have anything really in that department. 

Understanding who and what I was I found strange as I aged and realized I wasn't the same as other children, that left me wondering, and of course the ancient Jewish writings came out to clarify everything. I was one of the six genders written about, a Saris and noted as being born male to later develop female attributes.  It never did answer why I didn't have anything to take aim with and had to sit to pee. 

My breast development and curvy hips as far as my parents were concerned that blossomed in my teens could be explained away from the text as well. It suited them just fine but did not help me understand why I felt female, very female!

I played the role and moved onto adulthood maintaining the lie my entire life. I knew I was female, but I lived very much as a male and hid my breasts best I could. Baggy shirts and bib overalls were my clothing picks of choice. 

45 years I did okay, then fast forward recently a little over a year ago my body decided it wasn't done growing. My B cups grew to C cups, then D cups and now E cups, I am still growing!

I have also started the hot flashes and night sweats associated with menopause as well. My doctor says many intersex children were mis-gendered and I might be one of them. I have an ultrasound scheduled tomorrow and had my blood drawn last Friday. 

When I started blooming recently, I realized that my chest could no longer be hidden so I just let it go. My bib overalls went on a shelf, I started shopping across the aisle, and I am now living as the woman I have always felt I was. The medical diagnosis will only be secondary to me, I am a woman, I always have been, and always will be. 

My parents and that doctor were wrong and should have performed the needed surgery to allow me to be raised as the woman I really am. 

 

My body is leading the way to fulfill my womanhood, my parents just did the best they knew how. 

 

I have not come out to my friends at the synagogue, it's a reform service so I attend online. They would of course be understanding since they are reform, not so much my family. I just keep to myself.

In reality, I just don't fit the mold. The ancient Jewish scripts don't correctly identify my situation.