THE MEASURE OF HIS GRIEF by Lisa Braver Moss, CreateSpace, 2010
2011
Nourishing Hope — in Uganda and in the United States
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How come Ugandan activists are upbeat while so many U.S. activists are glum?
2011
Do Not Hold Back: Notes from a Gay Congregation
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As queer and trans Jews, as Jews of color, as working-class Jews, we have often had experiences within Jewish communities that amplify that distrust, pushing us out of communities and into isolation. Too many Jewish communities across the country are moving further to the right in their politics, and those of us on the left are feeling the danger of this shift.
2011
Truth
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When I began living as a woman, my children’s world split open. As the truth of my gender collided with the truth of their pain at losing the man they loved, it seemed there was no world we could inhabit together — until love taught us that no matter what gender I expressed, I would always be their father.
2011
Rejecting Cultures of Domination
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Genital mutilations of girls and women are still condoned by custom and religion in parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as are so-called honor killings. The World Health Organization reports that a huge proportion of women worldwide have been physically abused by an intimate partner and that rape is still endemic.
2010
Response to Noach Dzmura
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Dzmura’s arguments stand no chance of being adopted by the American mainstream any time soon. If we want to “move the needle” of public opinion, we need to make more moderate ones.
2010
A Progressive Religious Agenda Toward Gay Rights – A Response to “Ten Reasons Why Gay Rights Is a Religious Issue” by Jay Michaelson
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Essentialist arguments may win compassion from heterosexuals, but they don’t reflect reality. Let’s render marginal the idea that homosexuality is sin.
2010
Ten Reasons Why Gay Rights Is a Religious Issue
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The centrality of religion to civil rights discourse is amplified when the civil rights struggle questions a status quo largely supported by religion.
2010
Introduction to the Queer Spirituality & Politics Section
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What has lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activism accomplished, and where is it headed? And how might queer political activism move our society as a whole toward a more caring, just, and liberatory future?
2010
Bisexuality – Theology and Politics
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Regardless of the structure, rituals, and principles of our path, and whatever the Divine name to whom we offer our prayers, bisexual and transgender people of faith live consciously and continually in the place where the twain meet.
2010
It’s So Queer to Give Away Money
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A different queer politics, focused on racial and economic justice and grassroots activism, has been growing stronger.
2010
Dismantling Hierarchy, Queering Society
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Queer politics calls us to go beyond a simple toleration for gay and lesbian communities to address how heteropatriarchy structures white supremacy, capitalism, and settler colonialism.
2010
The Uganda Controversy: Solidarity vs. Imperialism in LGBT Organizing
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Proposed legislation in Uganda would make homosexuality a capital offense. The legislation had been reportedly inspired by evangelical Christian leaders from the United States.
2010
The Intersection of Anti-Occupation and Queer Jewish Organizing
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As a queer Jew who is deeply critical of the Israeli government and deeply inspired by Jewish ritual, I have a deep desire for both political and spiritual fulfillment.