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Explore our collection of articles, rituals, and Torah commentaries for LGBTQ parents and families.

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Trans Youth and Athletes Belong in Sports

Attacks on trans athletes harm all of us. Learn what your community can do to avoid this harm.
“In the hardest of times, there is still love:” A Letter from a Father of a Trans Teen

"In the hardest of times, there is still love." A letter to trans teens from a father of a trans teen
Spring Programs for LGBTQ Families with Young Children

This printable flyer makes it easy for you to share Keshet's family programming with your friends and community!
An OUTstanding! Conversation with Jacob and Mimi Lemay

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.
Queer/Chosen Family Blessing for the Children

This resource is intended to make this ritual inclusive for all kinds of families- with a gender-neutral traditional version, as well as new blessings for queer chosen families and for queer youth.
Kol B’mishpachat Elohim: A Jewish Guide for Creating Allies for Our LGBT Families

This guide is intended to help make your congregation a welcoming place for LGBT families.
LGBTQ+ Book List for Children and Families

A guide of LGBTQ+ books organized by age.
Prayer for Jewish Parents as They Name, Welcome, and Make First Decisions About Gender for Their Child

A prayer for families who are about to have a baby, or who have just given birth.
Hide and Thou Shalt Weep Seek and Thou Shalt Find (Parashat Miketz)

This Torah Queery reflects on the story of Joseph's familial rejection and how that compares to the experiences of LGBTQ people with their families of origin.
The First Commandment Revisited (Parashat Yitro)

A Torah Queery reminding the reader that commandments around procreation may alienate LGBTQ people.
Saving Our Youth From the Crocodiles (Parashat Shemot)

This Torah Queery looks at the moment Moses is sent down the Nile and connects it to others sent away from their families of origin.
Queer Tribes: Finding a Place for Alternative Families (Parashat B’midbar)

This Torah Queery focuses on the meaning of lineage and family.
Go Forth To Celebrate Your Gay Family (Parashat Lech Lecha)

This Torah Queery points out the different family structures in Jewish tradition and connects them to LGBTQ family structures.
Parashat Vayetzei: Four Mothers, Four stories. Four legacies

This Torah Queery lifts up the stories of forgotten matriachs of the Torah.
Four Children One Question and Redemption (Holiday)

This Torah Queery explores ideas of parenting.
Deena Has Four Mommies: Tales of Co-parenting in TaNaCh (Parashat Vayishlach)

This Torah Queery draws parallels between the family structures found within the Torah with other, more modern Queer family structures.
Family Portraits and Bible Stories

A lesson plan to use with young children to explore different family structures.
Brothers keeper take two… Esau and Forgiveness (Parashat Vayishlach)

This Torah Queery explores the adult relationship of Jacob and Esau and the parralells some LGBTQ people have their their family of origin.
Non-Traditional Biblical Families

The goals of this lesson are to give participants an opportunity to explore what makes their family unique, and to expose participants to the wide variety of family structures that exist.
Lessons from the Margins: What Interfaith Couples and Families Can Learn from Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Activism

A reflection on how being in an interfaith relationship has similiarities to being LGBTQ.
And G-d Chose Zoe Too

A story and lesson plan to teach children about different family structures.