LGBTQ+ Pride Month - Recommended Readings

Written by Faculty:

Gregg Drinkwater
Visiting Assistant Professor - Sexuality and Gender / Judasim in Modern US


  • Ìý ÌýWinner of the 2020 Wasserman Prize for best article inÌýAmerican Jewish HistoryÌý
    "Gregg Drinkwater's article is an extraordinary, moving, and deftly constructed work of historical scholarship. Drawing on crucial interviews, a wide array of primary sources, and queer theory, the article uncovers a fascinating history of liturgical innovation in late 20th-century American Judaism, demonstrating how 'gay and lesbian Jewish leaders and their synagogues have helped reshape the relationship to healing, spirituality, and personal prayer among American Jews."

David Shneer
Late Professor, Jewish Studies / Holocaust Studies

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    "A beautifully written meditation on the relationship between Islamic worship and queer life." - Professor Lucy Chester

  • "A memoir by a ground-breaking civil rights activist (who staged a bus protest in 1940), inspiring spiritual leader (ordained to the Episcopal Church at a time when it ordained very few women and no Black women), and person who transcended the gender binary and might today have identified as transgender." - Professor Lucy Chester
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    "A classic analysis of how politics and disease intersected to catastrophic effect." - Professor Lucy Chester