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5 months ago

In the Mishnah, Rabbi Yosi makes the radical statement: “androgynos bria bifnei atzma hu / the androgynos he is a created being of her own.” This Hebrew phrase blends male and female pronouns to poetically express the complexity of the androgynos’ identity. The term bri’a b’ifnei atzmah is a classical Jewish legal term for exceptionality. This term is an acknowledgement that not all of creation can be understood within binary categories. It recognizes the possibility that uniqueness can burst through the walls that demarcate our society. The Hebrew word bria (created being) explicitly refers to divine formation; hence this term also reminds us that all bodies are created in the image of God. People can’t always be easily defined; they can only be seen and respected, and their lives made holy. This Jewish approach allows for genders beyond male and female. It opens up space in society for every body. And it protects those who live in the places in between.

Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla and Reuben Zellman

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bumble-bi-ace

2 years ago

I had been searching and wondering my whole life why I never felt neither Male or Female. Never told my parents how I felt because of their views on mental health and the LGBTQ+ but here I am, I’m reading, studying and just all around coming to term’s with being Androgynous.

My being test for PCOS could be playing a part or my brain won’t fall asleep but either way I have come to this conclusion and…I’m happy 😊