#Noam Sienna

[nedfelix]

The question of how to accommodate the fluidity of bodies and genders within the system of Jewish law has engaged rabbinic thinkers since antiquity. In this responsum, an Ottoman rabbi, Yosef Pallache, deals with the question of whether a married woman who has been “changed” into a man must still obtain a get (divorce certificate) from his former husband. Ruling that this person is now a man in every respect, and supporting his claim with an appeal to early modern scientific knowledge, Pallache rules that there is no need for a get, since the “woman” of the original contract no longer exists. Pallache then points out that this man cannot reasonably recite the morning blessing that thanks God for not having created him a woman, since he was in fact initially created so; therefore, the rabbi suggests a new blessing, thanking God “who has transformed me into a man”(!).

A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969 by Noam Sienna

[whatlieswithintheorchard]

Everyone!!! Check out Volume II of this wonderful siddur!!!!

Siddur Or veShalom is the second volume of Siddur Masorti, a new Sefaradi siddur. Siddur Or veShalom contains the liturgy for Shabbat and Festivals and is a part of our first ever community partnership with Congregation Or veShalom in Atlanta, Georgia.

"The Siddur offers a new, fluid, and gender sensitive translation of the text, a transliteration according to Sefaradi pronunciation, and a running commentary. It seems that one could not wish for more, yet there are many more pearls of wisdom and excitement to be found by the traveler in the magical paths of this Siddur."

It celebrates traditional Sefaradi liturgy, inclusive of a diversity of Sephardi/Mizraḥi customs and filled with beautiful piyyutim (songs and poetry) and psalm texts. But accessibility is at its core, with an unprecedented full transliteration, guiding commentary, and adaptations for use by all genders.

[makingqueerhistory]

Hi! Do you have any recommendations of books that explore the relationship between queerness and Judaism? Thanks so much!

Yes, absolutely; this subject also interests me so I am excited to share some books!

First, the book I always recommend:

Beyond the Pale Elana Dykewomon

Another favourite of mine:

The New Queer Conscience Adam Eli

I also recently got a fantastic list from a patron in our discord!

A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969 Noam Sienna

Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community Noach Dzmura, Tucker Lieberman

Uncommon Charm Emily Bergslien, Kat Weaver

Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible Gregg Drinkwater, Joshua Lesser, David Shneer, Judith Plaskow

The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective Joy Ladin

I hope this list helps!

[familyabolisher]

2022 reading list >:)

fiction:

charlotte brontë, jane eyre

n.k. jemisin, the stone sky

victor hugo, les misérables

susanna clarke, piranesi

james baldwin, giovanni's room

tamsyn muir, gideon the ninth

tamsyn muir, harrow the ninth

emily brontë, wuthering heights

ursula k le guin, the left hand of darkness

oscar wilde, the picture of dorian gray

isaac fellman, dead collections

joan lindsay, picnic at hanging rock

shirley jackson, dark tales

gretchen felker-martin, manhunt

herman melville, moby dick

octavia butler, parable of the sower

shola von reinhold, lote

larissa lai, the tiger flu

alison rumfitt, tell me i'm worthless

julia armfield, our wives under the sea

shirley jackson, the haunting of hill house

miguel de cervantes, don quixote

toni morrison, the bluest eye

isaac babel, odessa stories

alexandre dumas, the count of monte cristo

daphne du maurier, rebecca

clark ashton smith, the dark eidolon and other fantasies

rivers solomon, the deep

akwaeke emezi, freshwater

e.m. forster, a room with a view

vladimir nabokov, lolita

ayse papatya bucak, the trojan war museum and other stories

sheridan le fanu, carmilla

e.m. forster, maurice

tamsyn muir, nona the ninth

vladimir nabokov, pale fire

shirley jackson, we have always lived in the castle

jorge luis borges, fictions

henry james, the turn of the screw

tamsyn muir, undercover

ling ma, severance

orhan pamuk, the museum of innocence

shirley jackson, hangsaman

nonfiction:

vijay prashad, no free left: the futures of indian communism

eduardo galeano, open veins of latin america

hakim adi, pan-africanism: a history

paulo freire, pedagogy of the oppressed

a rainbow thread: an anthology of queer jewish texts ed. noam sienna

kwame nkrumah, africa must unite

vijay prashad, red star over the third world

norm finkelstein, the holocaust industry

robin wall kimmerer, braiding sweetgrass

vladimir lenin, the state and revolution

saidiya hartman, wayward lives, beautiful experiments

john aberth, from the brink of the apocalypse

erik butler, metamorphoses of the vampire in literature and film

amin maalouf, the crusades through arab eyes

anandi ramamurthy, black star: britain's asian youth movements

christopher chitty, sexual hegemony

shakespearean gothic, ed. christy desmet and anne williams

cervantes' don quixote: a casebook, ed. roberto gonzález echevarria

edward said, culture and imperialism

emily hobson, lavender and red: liberation and solidarity in the gay and lesbian left

audre lorde, zami: a new spelling of my name

ghassan kanafani, on zionist literature

afsaneh najmabadi, women with moustaches and men without beards: gender and sexual anxieties of iranian modernity

jamie berrout, essays against publishing

beverley bryan, stella dadzie, suzanne scafe, heart of the race: black women's lives in britain

jamaica kincaid, a small place

friedrich engels, socialism: utopian and scientific

poetry:

trish salah, lyric sexology

melissa range, scriptorium

wendy trevino, cruel fiction

june jordan, selected poems

[irisbleufic]

Do you have any book recommendations for novels featuring Jewish characters (for fiction, any genre) or Jewish people (for nonfiction, predominately biographies/memoirs?)

When it comes to fiction, I’ve really enjoyed Shira Glassman’s and Naomi Novik’s work. You can’t really go wrong with either of them!

If you’d like a broad spectrum collection that includes historical and queer works, I highly recommend Noam Sienna’s A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969.

[shtetlbutch]

Found this gem on @queerkeitcoven and had to indulge. No regrets~

[nmajh-lgbt]

Skir recalls meeting a friend of his, a former yeshiva student from the Lubavitcher Hasidic community, whom he had persuaded to join them:

“Two weeks ago, I had said to him, ‘You can cure yourself. In a day, a minute, a second, with three words, with six. I’m-not-sick—three words. Three words more: I-love-myself.' And now he’s beside me (magic!) though he told me two weeks ago that he couldn’t, just couldn’t, come out in the open. And now he can and he is SO happy. He’s clutching his book of poems (Anna Akhmatova, translated), marching along. Alone now, but not for long. Now we are together.”

[magica-pseudoacademica]

Some [Jewish] texts strongly discourage interacting with the supernatural, while other texts provide detailed instructions on how to do it correctly. Meanwhile, Jewish art and material culture provide ample evidence for the widespread use of amulets, talismans, charms, herbal medicines, chants, and rituals aimed at chasing away evil spirits, placating angry ones, and entreating friendly ones.

Noam Sienna, “Jewish Magic in Theory and Practice”

[crossdreamers]

Berel-Beyle: The 19th century Jewish transgender man from Krivozer in Ukraine

Rabbi Daniel Bogard tells the story about the 19th century Jewish trans man called Berel-Beyle.

He writes:

Think trans-folk are new? I'd like to tell you the remarkable story of Berel-Beyle, a Jewish man who transitioned in the shtetel in Ukraine in the 1800s.  #ARainbowThread 

[A shtetl or shtetel was a small town with a large Ashkenazi Jewish population which existed in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.]

But first---go and buy Noam Sienna's incredible work of Torah, "A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969". It's where I'm pulling this text / hashtag, and it is an essential piece of Torah in any Jewish library.

Before we can tell Berel-Beyle's story, we need to jump to the 1930s and the so-called Nazi Olympics, because the American press was evidently in an absolute tizzy over athletes who kept going over to compete in the women's games, and coming home as men! 

One of the people reading about this "whole new trans thing!" was an old Jewish immigrant living in Brooklyn named Yeshaye Kotofsky, who was having none of it with the uproar, and sent a letter (in Yiddish) to the editor of the @jdforward telling the story of Berel-Beyle.

You see, back in Yeshaye's shtetl in Krivozer, "everyone knew Beyle, the girl who sold herring....a tall redhead...sturdily built" who presented as "not quite a woman, but also not quite a man."

Beyle's father--Yeshaya writes--took 'her' to all sorts of rabbis looking for advice on what to do...until Beyle turned 23, left for Odessa, and met a professor who helped Beyle transition to Berel (or "Berel-Beyle", as Yeshaya calls him), and changed his life. 

In an powerful affirmation, our friend Yeshaya (writing in the 1930s!) says that when Berel finally returned home, "half the shtetl ran to the bridge to greet her, or better said, to greet *him*." In fact, from this point on, Yeshaya *only* uses he/him pronouns for Berel.

So what became of Berel-Bayle? This is where Yeshaye's letter makes me cry. Because in the 1800s, in this Jewish shtetl in Ukraine, the community of Krivozer took Berel in, treated him as a man, and welcomed him home. 

The men of the community taught him to lead the prayers (something only men would have been allowed to do then), and they all celebrated together when Berel-Beyle finally married his old girlfriend Rachel, who we are told was "a nice girl." 

Yeshaye--and remember, he's writing this in the 1930s, talking about the late 1800s--ends his letter gorgeously: "In our shtetl," he writes, "Berel-Beyle always had a good name as a fine, upstanding Jew." 

Also: do you have trans/gender expansive/lgbtq+ youth in your life / social circles? Let them know about our new week-long sleep away camp http://campindigopoint.org!   ***we will make it financially possible for any kid who needs camp to be there*** 

Photo of Ashkanazic Jews in Jerusalem 1885 from the Independent.

[genderkoolaid]

hey from one nonbinary transmasc to another, do u have theology from a jewish perspective? i've been thinking a lot about converting for a few years now <3

converting transmasc nb anon here, meant to include trans theology to that last ask, sorry for the mixup

Yes I do!!

The Soul of the Stranger: Reading G-d and the Torah from a Transgender Perspective by Joy Ladin

Mishkan Ga'avah: Where Pride Dwells

Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible

A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969 by Noam Sienna

On Beyond Gender: Representation of God in the Torah and in Three Recent Renditions into English by Rabbi David Stein

Gender Representation in Biblical Hebrew by Rabbi David Stein

Not specifically theology, but stuff on trans jews in general:

Berel-Beyle: The 19th century Jewish transgender man from Krivozer in Ukraine

This video will feature women and transgender Jews teaching you how to wear tefillin

Poem by a jewish trans woman written in 1322

"And His Name Shall Be Called Something Hard to Remember", by Daniel Mallory Ortberg

@jewish-lgbtq's whole blog

Nonbinary Hebrew Project & their whole resources page

TransTorah & their whole resources page

Trans Halakha Project

Best of luck on your spiritual journey, anon! I hope you find this helpful :)

[whatlieswithintheorchard]

EVERYONE!! GO CHECK OUT THIS NEW PAN-SEFARDI PRAYERBOOK!!

Siddur Masorti is a brand new weekday prayerbook with traditional Sefaradi liturgy, full transliteration, inclusion of all genders, and illuminating art and commentary. Our first volume features the entire weekday prayer service in a beautiful four-column layout (text, translation, transliteration, commentary). The Hebrew text includes gender-inclusive options as well as a uniquely gender-neutral translation.

Among the prayers you’ll find seven custom-made plates of beautiful calligraphic artwork done by Noam Sienna, editor of A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century To 1969.

[a-kosher-dunk]

Sodomy: It’s Between God and Me

The basis of the word “sodomy” comes from a story told in Chapter 19 of the book of Genesis. In the story, two angels disguised as human men appear to Lot in the city of Sodom. The men of Sodom demand that the angels be handed over so that they can rape them. Lot refuses, the angels blind the men, and the whole city is wiped out in a cloud of fire and brimstone.

Because of the attempted homosexual rape, the crime most associated with Sodom and Gomorrah in contemporary times is homosexuality. When people go looking for scripture to justify their homophobia, Sodom and Gomorrah is often the first story they turn to.

Here’s the thing, though: The conflation of Sodom with sodomy is a relatively recent invention, and one largely based on Christian (rather than Jewish) interpretations. Noam Sienna, in his excellent book A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969 records that “Christian legal scholars formulated the notion of sodomy, a ‘crime agaisnt nature’ that could refer to bestiality and non-procreative heterosexual sex as well as intercourse between people of the same sex” in the mid 11th century. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the use of the word “sodomy” to mean specifically “anal sex between men” did not occur until the 13th century.

I could not find records of any Jewish scholars asserting that the city was destroyed for homosexuality before Or HaChaim, who wrote in the late 17th to early 18th centuries. According to Or HaChaim, the “wickedness” of the people of Sodom “included not only the metaphysical, i.e. idolatry, but also moral-ethical wickedness in their relations with fellow human beings. They tortured a young girl to death for having given bread to a stranger, something illegal in that town. The Torah itself alludes to their attempts to have homosexual relations with the angels who visited Lot in the guise of human beings.” 

In Or HaChaim’s case, homosexuality is described as one of Sodom’s many crimes, not the single most heinous one. Even today, Chabad, a generally conservative Jewish organization, says that “The sins of the Sodomites stemmed from their intense selfishness, their unwillingness to part with anything they possessed.”

When this biblical story was originally written, what did people think Sodom’s real sin was? Well, there’s a story in Judges 19 which is nearly identical to the account given in Genesis 18. In it, a man arrives in the city of Gibeah and lodges there as a guest. The people of the town arrive and demand to “know” the guest. When they can’t get to him, they rape and kill his wife instead. In retaliation, the man leads an army and destroys the city, with the implication that God is on the avenging army’s side. 

This text is so similar in wording and structure to the Sodom story, it must be intended as a comparison. I believe the comparison being made is this: mistreating people (particularly immigrants and the poor) and committing sexual violence are crimes, regardless of the genders of the people involved. The fact that the sin of Gibeah was heterosexual rape did not make it any less horrific than the attempted homosexual rape in Sodom.

In case there were any lingering doubts, the Torah spells out Sodom’s crime in Ezekiel 16:49: “This was the sin of Sodom: arrogance! She and her daughters had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility; yet she did not support the poor and the needy.”

[mediumkravitz]

idk if this would qualify for that anons question about books about lgbt history, but there's an anthology of queer Jewish texts ranging from the first century ce to like, the 50s or 60s? it's called a rainbow thread by noam sienna, and it collects poetry, prose, legal texts, and other things... it's a really really interesting read! it's also got a really unique take on its use of the word queer and it's the only time I've been comfortable with it being used as an umbrella term, actually. it's a bit more expensive and less widely accessible than a lot of books but imo it was worth it. it also collects some things that condemn being trans or having same gender relationships, put forward as proof of people who would today be considered lgbt existing at the time - if it hasn't been happening, no one would have felt the need to write a condemnation at all, yknow? it's a great read imo

This sounds so cool! I wish there was a PDF or something somewhere; I can’t seem to find any free copies. 

[mysticmachmir]

Judaism, Circles, and Circle-Casting

What's the Point of a Circle?

Magical Circle Definition: A temporary space with clearly defined energetic boundaries that provides a known space for ritual, magic, or similar controlled change.

"Casting a circle allows us to create an energetic space that supports our work in the physical space we have available. Since we do our ritual in a variety of spaces, many of which spend most of their time being something else (a living room, a public park, a rented room in a friendly business or community building), we need a way to make the space stop being those things, and start being a space where ritual, magic, and transformation can happen more easily."

This is a definition from a religious witch, a priestess of a coven. Obviously, this is not Judaism or a Jewish witch. However, if we want to incorporate some type of this into our practice, we need to understand what is its purpose. Asking why we have a ritual is just as important as how to craft one genuinely. For more information on crafting Jewish ritual and researching into Jewish traditional rituals to serve your purposes, please inquire this series on Tumblr.

Magical and Mystical Circles in Judaism

The Talmud: Honi HaMe'egal

One of the most concrete examples is using a circle to invoke and demand something of G!d. Here is a summary of what he did, but the sources via Sefaria are Taanit 23a:4-Taanit 23a:5-10. 

"His surname is derived from an incident in which, according to the Babylonian Talmud, his prayer for rain was miraculously answered. On one occasion, when G!d did not send rain well into the winter (in Israel, it rains mainly in the winter), Honi drew a circle in the dust, stood inside it, and informed G!d that he would not move until it rained. When it began to drizzle, Honi told G!d that he was not satisfied and expected more rain; it then began to pour. He explained that he wanted a calm rain, at which point the rain calmed to a normal rain."

The Bible and Folkloric Uses of Circles

However, there are many times we see circles used in Judaism. In the TaNaKh, magic circles first appear in Jewish tradition in the Bible, when Joshua encircles Jericho seven times in order to collapse its walls. We also have circles during Simchat Torah, weddings, Hoshana Rabbah, and funerals. Circles are used quite a bit in Jewish ritual, whether we realize it or not.

The use of protective circles, so familiar in medieval sorcery, also starts to appear in Jewish practice. Such circles were also used to protect the birthing bed of pregnant women (Sefer ha-Chayyim 2.8). Smaller circles drawn around a wound or area of illness on a Body presumably exorcised the malaise-causing spirit. 

The book Zera Kodesh (“Holy Seed”),  written in the 16th century, describes making concentric circles on the ground (usually three or seven) with an iron blade, often with an inscription or the names of Angels added. The Baal Shem Tov once defeated a priest-witch by making a protective circle with his staff (Megillat Setarim). 

In YIVO's Folklore of Ashkenaz class, by Professor Itzik Gottesman, he discusses the different ways circles were used by Ashkenazi Jews. He discusses that "Circling [was used to] ward the demons off the body. Circling, and circles in general, have found their way into Jewish folklore in a number of ways. Circles are considered perfect shapes and have a magical power to keep away evil. … Round objects also have symbolic value. At the first meal from returning from a burial, the family is given bagels to eat. One interpretation of this is so that we remember the round cycle of life and death, and it reinforces belief in reincarnation, which has been very much part of Jewish belief in the Diaspora. The [Rabbinic] responsa also mentions other circle customs: to circle the graves with thread, which were later used as wicks and candles to be lit for the ill person in the synagogue; in order to stop the spread of swelling on the eyes, it was circled with a ring; and in order to prevent further growth of a hunchback, it was circled with the hand of a dead man."

Noam Sienna, a Jewish scholar, speaks of other minhagim: "Drawing circles is also a common practice in the Mediterranean/Sephardic Jewish world to protect birthing mothers and newborns — it’s often drawn with a special sword or knife, and participants would also themselves walk in a circle around the cradle or around the room while reciting a protective formula like Psalm 91."

In Midrash, it is written: "For the circle has no beginning and end. And regarding this pleasure the scholars of truth hinted in their midrash, "the Holy One Blessed be He will make a circle for the righteous in the World to Come."

Kabbalah

A circle represents infinity because it has no beginning or end. In Kabbalah, the samech (a letter that is an enclosed loop) represents the infinite power of the Ein Sof, G!d’s infinite light. 

This video from Chabad is about an hour-long shiur on the concept of the sacred geometry of the circle, but essentially the Rabbi discusses how the circle is the most common and natural shape in Nature that G!d has created. Pebbles, the globe, ripples of water, the cycle of time itself is the most perfect shape and represents the week, 7 days. Seven and the circle are connected, as 7 is a very important number in Judaism connected to time. I do recommend watching if you're interested in numerology, sacred geometry, and math connected to divinity.

Modern Circle-Casting Rituals

Typically, when people think of circle casting, they are called to Wicca's ritual of circle casting, calling on the archangels (which sounds extremely similar to the Jewish krias Shema  - and Wicca was invented in the 50s, so you know who took from who there), calling on the watchtowers (Book of Enoch), and etcetera. This is not a process I am necessarily interested in. Here is one take of mixing Wiccan circle-casting with Jewish and Celtic theology/elements (this person is Jewish). Note: If you are a monotheistic Jew, or otherwise don't want to "mix" your practices, I do not suggest using this example of ritual. Also, the Zohar-pentagram connection is… questionable.

There is also the circle-casting suggested from Tehomot: Jewish Witchcraft*, which I'll outline here. I prefer this one because while yes, it is connecting back to the Wiccan tradition, it is not melding much of the religious elements, and only a few ritual pieces. Instead, it incorporates a lot more Jewish ritual and connection to Hashem. If it were me, I would remove the athame aspect of it and it would align more for my needs.

Visualization of the circle as the boundary of Gan Eden:

Athame/tool - shooting out fire like the spinning blade protecting Gan Eden

Gan Eden - orientations to the east, four rivers in the garden

Instead of calling on the watchtowers, call on the names of the rivers as found in Torah

He says that the "casting of the circle brings you from Malkhut - etheric double of the physical world. You are going up the Tree of Life and the Four Worlds in circle work/spirit work - from physical to spiritual (Assiyah to Yetzirah, Malkhut to Yesod)". 

The purpose of using a circle is asking for help - from G!d, angels, guardians, to ask help to change Assiyah/Malkhut/physical realm.

How To Cast (According to Tehomot)

1. Be properly prepared. ritual for preparedness - oil/shower/ centering. Once in the circle, anointment w/ oil and/or ring a bell/musical note

2. Draw the circle - saltwater, incense, or candle

3. Corner call - the four rivers and four elements. 

4. Summoning entities to hold the corner of the circles - angels, spirits, whomever 

5. The evocation of G!d, recite psalms and say for what purpose

6. Calling on ancestors to be present

7. Magical work/ritual

8. Worship element - a prayer to G!d, offerings (kiddush)

9. Closing - release ancestors, release the corners, draw the circle backward and ground the energy

Finally, in the book Magic of the Ordinary, there is another "circle-casting" ritual that he posits is from compiling symbolism from Jewish texts in this new ritual.

Tools: Bird feather and a fallen branch found naturally. This ritual is to be performed outside as it is written in this book. It is asked that you meditation with this stick and infuse your breath into it before using it to draw the circle.

If the ritual for which you are making the circle is to heal something, undo something, process something, make space for newness in some way or another, draw the circle counter-clockwise. Walk around the circle as you are drawing it and chant (I am only writing the English, get the book for the Hebrew): "Here I am Here I am Here I am, G!d Breath, Please support me" 

(Take a Breath) "I and the Unnameable, The Infinite One So again-- I and ho, I and ho"

(Take a breath, and then louder): "I and ho I and ho Support me, Please"

Repeat as much as you need until the circle is complete. You need to draw it seven times. Then, step inside the circle and chant into the four directions: "Toward your support do I direct my hope, O G!d I direct my hope, O G!d toward your support O G!d toward your support do I direct my hope"

Take your feather and sweep it across the inside of the circle and chant: "For the sake of the unification of the Holy Blessed One be He and the Shekhinah Through this rite, done in awe and in love to join The name Yah with Wah in a complete union"

Then wave the feather to the sky in circular movements while chanting "Yah" toward the sky and downward again sweeping it across the earth chanting "Wah". Do this three times and leave your tools in the center of the circle before stepping out. The circle is finished, and you can begin any rituals  - calling forth spirits, performing ceremonies, or leading gatherings. 

(Yah and Wah are two names of G!d, riffing off the Holy Name in an acceptable way as it is not the full name. If you are uncomfortable with this, you can replace it with a name of G!d comfortable for you). 

*The person who made this podcast is an apostate and is now a Messianic Baptist. He has a post where he says that Jesus is Torah and to deny Jesus means you are denying G!d. I do not support Messianic Judaism, so I have decided not to link his work. You can still find it online, easily. This podcast is from a time where he identified as a Jewish witch and was becoming a Rabbi.

If you like my work and writings, feel free to tip me here: https://ko-fi.com/ezrasaville!

Sources:

The Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism Encyclopedia by R. Geoffrey Dennis Magic of the Ordinary by R. Gershon Winkler Chabad Gleewood Sefaria Noam Sienna YIVO’s Folklore of Ashkenaz Tehomot: Jewish Witchcraft (Podcast) Liorah HaMasovevet

[queerasfact]

We are very excited to see museums finding ways to put their content online! Check out this livestreamed talk from the GLBT Historical Society by Noam Sienna, author of A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts From the First Century to 1969.

[neutrois]

LGBTQ Anthology

The BreakBeat Poets Volume 3: Halal if You Hear Me, Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo, Haymarket Books

Foglifter Volume 4 Issue 2, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Foglifter Press

The Heart of the Matter: The Gerald Kraak Anthology Volume III, The Other Foundation, Jacana Media

Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers’ Poetry, Amber Dawn and Justin Ducharme, Arsenal Pulp Press

LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia, Jeff Mann and Julia Watts, West Virginia University Press

Love WITH Accountability: Digging up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, AK Press

Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity, Micah Rajunov and Scott Duane, Columbia University Press

A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969, Noam Sienna, Print-O-Craft

Our book Nonbinary Memoirs is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards!!!!