Rosh Hashanah Sermon 5774

Beth Zemsky

Shir Tikvah, Minneapolis MN

Election Day 2012 was a momentous day. In my adopted home state of Minnesota, we fought back two regressive constitutional amendments, an anti-marriage-equality amendment and one calling for voter ID. We also turned both chambers of our state Legislature blue again for the first time in decades.

This chapter provides an overview of nondiscrimination policies that include sexual orientation and gender identity and addresses how such policies might be used to improve campus climates for LGBT students, faculty, and staff.

Coming Out of the Ivy Closet: Improving Campus Climate for GLBT Students, Faculty, and Staff pp 247+

In Women, Girls & Psychotherapy: Reframing Resistance – “Coming Out Against All Odds: Resistance in the Life of a Young Lesbian pp 185 – 200