Annie Villarreal-Belford

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Rabbi Annie Villarreal-Belford (she/her/her)

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Pluralistic;Reform;Renewal

Houston, Texas
United States

About

I am a queer wife with an amazing spouse and three glorious kids. I am committed to LGBTQ+ folks, our equality, and encouraging everyone to see that ALL people are created in the image of divinity. I served two congregations over eighteen years and currently work for CCAR (Central Conference of American Rabbis). I have experience working with queer, trans, gender-expansive, and poly folks for conversion, bet mitzvah, weddings, and funerals. Previously married to a man, my best friend jokes that I "allied too close to the sun," and I couldn't be happier about that description!

Listing Details

Clergy answered "Yes" to the following

Trained on LGBTQ+ identities within past five years
Experience officiating conversions for transgender and nonbinary individuals with a sensitivity to the wide range of relationships to gender and embodiment that transgender and nonbinary individuals may have
Experience in end-of-life care for LGBTQ+ individuals
Experience officiating gender-expansive b-mitzvah
Familiar with gender-expansive Hebrew liturgical and linguistic options
Approaches the presence of LGBTQ+ people as the norm rather than an exception in Jewish communal life
Person-centered and LGBTQ+ positive approach to Jewish law and tradition
Comfortable consistently using they/them pronouns and neopronouns
Speaks or writes regularly on LGBTQ+ themes
Experience in pastoral/spiritual care of LGBTQ+ individuals
Experience officiating LGBTQ+ weddings

Clergy answered "I'm Still Learning" to the following

Experience celebrating LGBTQ+ specific life-cycle rituals such as coming out and renaming

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