Post by Ativan Prescribed on May 22, 2016 21:15:58 GMT 8
Transgender Bathrooms Are a Human Rights Struggle - and a Jewish Imperative
As Jews, we have an obligation to see each individual as made in God's image.
Each individual is unique and created differently.
We are not God, and therefore, it is not for us to put parameters on the divine nature or image of another person.
Rather, we should honor each individual as divine, regardless of one’s gender identity.
Even the rabbis of the Talmud understood that we do not live in a gender binary system.
We find six different gender identities in the Talmud.
This Talmudic precedent suggests that we should not only acknowledge one's gender identity, but also celebrate it.
As Jews, we have an obligation to see each individual as made in God's image.
Each individual is unique and created differently.
We are not God, and therefore, it is not for us to put parameters on the divine nature or image of another person.
Rather, we should honor each individual as divine, regardless of one’s gender identity.
Even the rabbis of the Talmud understood that we do not live in a gender binary system.
We find six different gender identities in the Talmud.
This Talmudic precedent suggests that we should not only acknowledge one's gender identity, but also celebrate it.