Proud, but pushed out: Why LGBTQ Jews are creating Pride spaces of their own

Jewish Museum Puts the J in LGBTQ

Pride Month Pop Quiz: Name three LGBTQ historical figures (a) with a connection to Washington, D.C., and (b) who were or are Jewish. Larry Kramer, Wilson High ’53 — author […]

Proud, but pushed out: Why LGBTQ Jews are creating Pride spaces of their own

In early June, Rabbi Eleanor Steinman wrote to members of Temple Beth Shalom, the Reform congregation she leads in Austin, Texas, sharing the synagogue’s plans to celebrate Pride Month with several events in June. Steinman also revealed that, for the first time in more than two decades, her congregation would not be marching in the Austin Pride parade, which event organizers say draws 200,000 people each August, because of concerns about antisem…