It's delightful, it's delicious, it's dlevy!
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Toward the end of her introduction, she offers something of an apology for her handling of the book’s subject matter entirely from a heterosexual point of view. She suggests that it was not a matter of heterosexism (although she doesn’t use that term) as much as it was an acknowledgement that lesbian and bisexual women’s experience of their vaginas (in general) and sex (in particular) merit their own handling rather than being lumped together under one rubric.
As I mentioned earlier this week, I was invited to give the sermon this Shabbat at Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, MA for their Pride Shabbat. If you’d like to read what I had to say, it’s behind the cut.
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The City of Raleigh has declared this All Families Matter week. (I’m guest tweeting from @lgbtcenterral today - follow me there for more pictured and awesomeness.)
Yentl
Saw this show today
Was so beautiful.
Geekin’ out on theater
NPR Music did a piece on this show today, focusing on Jill Sobule’s music. Here’s a snippet:
“If you read the book, and there was no word for it back then, but I think Yentl was transgender,” Sobule says. “I mean, it’s several times in the book where the father says to her, ‘You have the soul of a man and the body of a woman.’ “
Sounds like an interesting take on the show. I hope it has life beyond this production.
The Second City Network responds to Rick Perry’s gay-baiting ad.
![[cartoon by Barry Deutsch - click through for script]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsur2vxFOa1qg25kno1_500.png)
[cartoon by Barry Deutsch - click through for script]
