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born 1991 United States
Abby Chava Stein (1 October 1991) is an American transgender author, activist, blogger, model, speaker, and rabbi. She rose to fame through writing her blog "The Second Transition", which resulted in intense media coverage of her gender transition.
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There is no straight way to not being straight. We (Queer individuals) all have different stories.
"People use religion, dogma, community as an excuse to justify their own intolerance, or their own phobia from something that doesn't fit into their conceived notions of gender and of identity."
“I have mood swings, but I can deal with that by watching Netflix and eating pickles.”
It’s past talking time. The time to say: ‘We’ll pray, and we’ll be fine’ is long over.
(On gender transition:) "It's hard, but it's possible."
You’re saying God is all made up, but okay, who cares? People say, “I can’t pray because I feel like I’m talking to myself.” The rabbi would say, “Pray! That’s so good. Go talk to yourself.”
Society expects trans women to be perfect the way they expect all women to be perfect.
The most effective path to resistance is when the persecuted, in whichever way it is, gather to fight back, together.
I always say: I believe in Judaism more than I believe in god. [Interviewer: What do you mean by that?] Belief is maybe a very strong word. I’d say I relate to Judaism more.
When and if, all the Jews, Muslims, LGBTQIA, People of Color, People of less privileged socio-economic status, and so on, with the help of allies, gather to cry out loud: “WE RESIST” there is nothing we cannot accomplish!
(on the Women's March:) "We are coming together with unity, not uniformity."
I say to a lot of people who struggle [with coming out] — they're always afraid how it's going to affect their family — and to me it's always family is really important, but there has to be a 'you' that can be part of a family. If there's no 'you,' [you can't] be part of the family.
“People exotic-ise you [trans individuals) in a weird way. They conflate sexuality and gender, which have nothing to do with each other. If you date women, it’s like, ‘Oh, you like women, so you wanted to become one’. If you like guys, it’s ‘Oh, you’re gay, but you didn’t want to be, so you transitioned’.”
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