Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals

True feminist liberation requires dismantling all systems of oppression, including those that police gender identity and expression.

Attacks on trans athletes harm all of us. Learn what your community can do to avoid this harm.

This primer includes an introduction to pronouns; guidance on how to use, share, and remember them; and tips for how to create space for other people to share them too.

Sample language for different inclusion and non-discrimination policies, which you can adapt, adopt, and share with your own organization.

Displaying these LGBTQ+ Jewish Safe Zone and Pride stickers is an easy way to indicate your organization or classroom is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people.

Downloadable all-gender restroom signs.

Print this sign to make it clear that your congregation, institution, or home is a place where trans Jews belong.

An example of a transgender inclusive locker room/bathroom policy from the Asheville Jewish Community Center.

Allies have a powerful role to play: listening deeply, speaking out, challenging injustice, and leveraging our platforms, relationships, and communities to build a world where trans people can thrive.

Use this resource to plan a Trans Pride Shabbat with your organization!

Writing to your elected officials is a great way to take action for LGBTQ+ rights from your home or community space. Check out our guide on how to do it and get inspired with our sample messaging!

Use this resource to plan a Trans Pride Shabbat with your people!

Learn what you can do to protect LGBTQ+ rights as the resident of a blue state.

Created by Hillel International and Keshet

No one should be excluded from sports. Hear from a trans Jewish athlete.

This resource offers tools for educators to create classrooms and curriculum that support the LGBTQ+ community and help all students feel that they belong.

Learn from Rabbi Mike Moskowitz about why discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community is an affront to life — and life's Source.

What are microaggressions? What are anti-LGBTQ+ microaggressions? Use this resource to teach your community.

"In the hardest of times, there is still love." A letter to trans teens from a father of a trans teen

As educators for LGBTQ+ equality and belonging, we hear a lot about allyship. We want to share some core definitions and tools with you to support your work in actively strengthening and building LGBTQ+ affirming communities where every individual can be seen and valued.

This printable resource offers helpful information and crisis support options for LGBTQ+ teenagers and their allies.

Hear from Jacob and Mimi about their journeys and their family’s advocacy for transgender and non-binary rights. Hosting this online discussion is the brilliant and witty S. Bear Bergman.

By creating forms and data collection tools that are inclusive, you can go a long way towards building a community of belonging.

Trans Day of Visibility is a time to celebrate the trans people in our communities. For our TDOV panel, get to know some of the Keshet family. We’ll share our experiences, the importance of visibility and joy, and our hopes for the future.

Bringing together various aspects of Purim celebrations and tradition, this webinar will explore the ways in which Jewish organizations can avoid the pitfalls of Purim and create a truly celebratory and liberating Purim celebration.

Share these Trans Remembrance Shabbat prayers and poems with your community.

Joy Ladin writes about realizing she is transgender and her coming out process.

A 24 item list of privileges held by cisgender (non-trans) people.

A text to be used for Transgender Day of Remembrance.

This piece from 2009 describes the origin of Transgender Day of Remembrance and how it can be observed in Jewish communities.

This downloadable guide contains readings, personal stories, quotes, and concrete action steps to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance.

A reflection on the Al Cheyt high holiday prayer which focuses on the sins of transphobia and homophobia.

A press release regarding the dedication of a gender neutral bathroom at a day school.

Make sure your classroom is a place of safety and dignity for all students this fall.

This guide outlines the role educators play in building an environment where students can learn best and feel safe to be their whole selves, on their own terms.

To stand in solidarity is to use one's own power to empower others.

A resource for people working with teens that provides advice on supporting LGBTQ youth during the COVID-19 pandemic by creating LGBTQ-affirming online spaces.

This document, provided by the Community Hevra Kadisha of Greater Boston, works to provide a framework for inclusion of transgender and gender nonconforming Jews in traditional Jewish death and burial practices.

TransTexts explores what traditional Jewish texts have to say about transgender and gender nonconforming experiences and gender in general. This guide explores Genesis 1:27.

TransTexts explores what traditional Jewish texts have to say about transgender and gender nonconforming experiences and gender in general. This guide explores Deuteronomy 22:5.

A source sheet for examples of Gender fluidity in Jewish sacred texts.

A downloadable sign that reads "Another Jew for LGBTQ Equality"

This workshop outline provides a framework for introducing conversations on transgender identity.

A reflection on the stories of Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac and the ways in which transgender Jews can find strength and a reflection of their experience.

In this d’var Torah, Professor Joy Ladin tells the story of Parashat Yitro as a love story between God and the people of Israel.

An essay on being transgender in Jewish contexts that starts with recognizing gender diversity found in the Talmud.

A sermon exploring the experiences of transgender people and Jewish texts.