"Frum* Gay Girl"

The blog "Frum Gay Girl" addresses the lives and experiences of Orthodox Jewish gay people.  In the post "Don't Be Afraid," R. discusses her upbringing in Los Angeles in an observant family, reactions to her coming out from her family and community, and how she is making her life as an observant queer Jew.

Readily apparent in these posts, which began appearing in August 2013, is a sense of exhilaration.  Even though the blogger masks the identities of the people she interviews, the questions she poses and the thoughtful answers that come suggest a sense of possibility in spite of sometimes broad and intense disapprobation.

Reading "Frum Gay Girl" makes me wonder:  how would Miriam react to this blog?  How might her reactions shift over time?

Susana Darwin

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