Presenters Name: Adam Pollack

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Workshop The GLBT Community Have We Arrived?
Day Monday
Time 1045am-12pm
Presenter(s) Name Adam Pollack
Recorder Name

• Introductions
• Panelists David Levy, Executive Director of
  Hillel Southern California
• David Levy, KESHET, Boston
• Denise Eger, Rabbi of Kol Ami
• Ariel Federow, formerly of CBST and from a
  lesbian and trans foundation
• Artwork by Daniela Totah
• Do we want some LGBT movement that operates on a
  national basis.
• Jewish MOSAIC based in Denver is a national
  organization.
• KESHET is planning to go National. Wants to share
  experiences. Planning two pilot cities, JPRIDE in
  San Diego and Detroit.
• Does the group need to be separated out?
• It can be incorporated into mainstream
  communities at large?

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• Which Ls, Gs, Bs, and Ts are we talking about?
• WCGLJC Different types of groups getting
  together under this one banner. Had regional seed
  point people to get connected to reconcile their
  sexual identities and their Jewish life.
• LGBT are less invisible today.
• Institutions, like synagogues help that.
• Bi and trans and trans still struggle.
• Under-served community is the Orthodox LGBT
  community.
• What are our goals as a community?
• What is the purpose of having a LGBT session at
  this conference?
• What is right for one institution and people is
  not necessary right for someone else.
• Have simple things like
• No check box for gender, but blank.
• Have parent/parent on forms instead as
  mother/father.
• Have a single stall bathroom, i.e. handicapped
  bathroom.
• To find legitimacy, many LGBT institutions, seem
  to try to morph into straight conformity.
• Does everyone need to be mainstream?
• Synagogues do stand for other values, so do have
  to take that into consideration, but be
  respective and understand diversity.
• Hard to find non-Reform LGBT religious life.
• Dont assume that a persons life following a
  certain script.
• Universal values you can teach with anyone love
  your neighbor as yourself. Bekuat nefesh. Lishon
  HaRah.