The Orthodox Jew who became a gender-reassignment surgeon

alessandriana:

progressivejudaism:

“I’m at synagogue on Saturdays, but if my pager goes off, I drive in to the hospital, because saving a life supersedes the Sabbath. Many people I meet believe that my faith is at odds with my career. But my work allows me to practise the medicine that interests me while helping a marginalized community. I deal with patients who, by and large, have had negative experiences with hospitals and the health care system, and I give them the care they deserve. That is very much in line with my religious practice.”

“And that is the real source of discomfort: many Orthodox people see gender-affirming surgery as an admission that God made a mistake. They see me as calling God out on that mistake by correcting it. Which is odd: nobody’s accusing God of screwing up someone’s pancreas when they have diabetes or suggesting it’s a sin to inject insulin.”

Seen in the wild! Mackenzi Lee’s The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy has hit stores here in Australia! This was in my local Dymocks, so it’s getting a release outside of specialty queer booksellers and import booksellers.

IT’S SO PRETTY!!!!

[A paperback copy of The Miseducation of Cameron Post with the rainbow flag stripe coloured page edges]

freyjafreyrdottir:

Hearts Beat Loud (2018) dir. Brett Haley

The Miseducation of Cameron Post Review

I got to see this at a theatre today, and it was really, really good. If you can get to see it, you should. I didn’t know if I was going to be able to, because I didn’t know if ANY cinemas in Australia would be showing it, but there are three cinemas in my state (two in Sydney, one in Newcastle) showing limited screenings, and I went to the closest. The story is tight (limiting the story to the camp with occasional flashbacks was the right way to go), the actors are FANTASTIC, and the cinematography is beautiful. It’s a very honest adaptation. Even though there are small differences, tonally, it feels the same as the book, and it’s a lot closer to the source material than, say, Love, Simon is to Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.

I also said to my partner that it shows that you can make two movies with different tones about the same subject matter and still have them be a true account, comparing this to But I’m a Cheerleader. Both show the white supremacy and racism in this kind of therapy. Both show that it’s a fake science, with faith twisted up like a pretzel to justify it. Both show that it’s a system that singles out and crushes those who can’t pass as gender conforming. Both show the threat of ostracisation unless the kids submit to assimilation. Both show that the only way to win the game is to nope out all together, because that is the only way to survive something’s that meant to destroy you. I highly recommend watching both, anyhow, if you’re interested in the subject matter.

profeminist:

Matthew Hodson:
“
20 years ago, 2 years after the arrival of combination therapy that effectively treated #HIV, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s LGBT newspaper ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.”

Happy birthday to me!

The Upside of Unrequited and Leah on the Offbeat were presents from @lefaym. Carry On, Autoboyography and The Edge of the Abyss were from mum (bought by me as second hand and remainders). And the last eight Classic Library books were my present to myself. Low res picks because my laptop has died against and the tablet has a terrible camera.