Recently an "ex-gay" friend of mine was detailing the pain he felt when some of his colleagues at work were gossiping about him after finding out he was an ex-gay. "It gets better," I jokingly told him, before immediately realizing that that statement in itself was an act of bullying....
34 Comments | Posted March 13, 2012 | 4:48 PM
The energy and enthusiasm that was in the air at the 2012 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, held in Washington, D.C., was energizing and inspiring. Approximately 14,000 people, mostly Jews of all religious affiliations (or unaffiliations), political parties, gender identities, sexual orientations, and ages, came together for one...
4 Comments | Posted January 11, 2012 | 3:07 AM
When I landed in Berlin's Tegel Airport for a nine-day trip, I exited the plane and was surprised to see the baggage carousel right outside my gate. "How efficient," I thought. Then I realized I had just failed my very first test of Break That German Stereotype.
505 Comments | Posted November 28, 2011 | 1:40 PM
When The Huffington Post first published my article "Once Upon a Gay: A Jewish Journey Through the Ex-Gay Movement," I was amazed to receive an outpouring of response: from Orthodox Jewish girls thanking me for not marrying them ("I was one of the girls you interviewed in a...
27 Comments | Posted November 21, 2011 | 8:59 AM
Many people are surprised when I tell them I voluntarily entered reparative therapy at the age of 21 without pressure from family or religious leaders. I usually respond by telling them that during that time in my life, it wasn't a choice between coming out and conversion therapy; rather, it...
51 Comments | Posted April 24, 2012 | 12:54 PM