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At Work With: Sharon Kleinbaum; ‘Luckiest Rabbi in America’ Holds Faith Amid the Hate

By Alex Witchel — 1993

As the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, a predominantly gay and lesbian synagogue in Greenwich Village, Rabbi Kleinbaum spends her days fighting Goliaths everywhere, most disturbingly, perhaps, other Jews who believe that the sexual orientation of her congregation’s 1,200 members places them outside traditional Judaism.

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Gay War Veteran Speaks Out for Equal Rights in Ukraine’s Military

Viktor Pylypenko has become a role model for dozens of LGBT+ Ukrainian war veterans and their supporters since he organised their participation in Kyiv’s largest ever gay pride march.

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Pushing Past Tokenism

La Sarmiento has been a leader of American LGBTQ and people-of-color Buddhist communities for close to a decade. I caught up with the trans, queer Filipino teacher before a silent retreat to discuss the dynamics of race and gender in a world that is typically White, cisgender and straight.

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