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[Blogging] helps me to get out my feelings, get out my emotions. [When I started] I was mainly writing for my own sake. It really helped me articulate what I think, to get my thoughts out. I like to get feedback sometimes—although there's a lot of hate, there's always good advice. I found it really helpful for myself. Writing always helps.
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[Talking about gender transition) I want to say here, in clear and bold words to all humans out there who are going through similer experiences, and especially these of Ultra-Orthodox background: "You can Do It!!! It is not going to be easy, but it is way easier than not transitioning. When you start to see the changes, and feel more comfortable with your body, you wouldn't stop loving yourself."
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I wanted to show that if you claim being trans is unacceptable in traditional Judaism, well, here is a community that is not just okay with accepting me as I am, but is celebrating with me, rejoicing with me. What I'm hoping is that by sharing my story, others in the same situation will realize that you can have your name changed in a synagogue. There are so many synagogues where you can't, but there are also those where you can — the Jewish Reform movement, the Conservative movement. Within Orthodoxy, there's still a long way to go. Every time something like this is done, it's one step closer to acceptance for everyone.
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There is no straight way to not being straight. We (Queer individuals) all have different stories.
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Being trans in some ways is very similar to being an atheist, in that some people don't grasp it. People that come from different backgrounds just [say], What do you mean you don't believe in God? They don't get you. To them [religion] is just so obvious, and I feel like I keep on having that with gender, also. Some people just have in their mind very firm ideas of gender, and they just can't get it into their head.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Carrie Chapman Catt
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October 1, 1991
(age 32)
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Abby Stein is an American transgender activist, blogger, theorist, and speaker. She is the first openly trans woman from a Hasidic community, and direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder the Baal Shem Tov.
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