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  ‘I am here for my relationship with God’: Why [Redacted] has spent his freshman year converting to Judaism

  Online opinion piece by trans convert sharing about their experience, particularly as a first-year in college.
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  As Long As I'm Still Breathing: Chapter 1

  First chapter of trans convert's memoir, in which the author describes how he arrived at Judaism and how converting helped him.
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  Bellamy Bellucci: The outspoken activist defying Israel’s critics, antisemites - exclusive

  Online article that profiles a Bellamy Bellucci, a Black, trans Jew-by-choice.
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  CCAR RESPONSA 5750.8: Conversion and Marriage after Transsexual Surgery

  Responsa by the Central Conference of American Rabbis on accepting transgender people for conversion.
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  CCAR RESPONSA: Circumcision of a Transgender Female

  Responsa from the Central Conference of American Rabbis about whether to circumcise trans women converts to Judaism.
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  Choosing to be Chosen

  Documentary short that documents the experiences of LGBTQ+ converts to Judaism at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in San Francisco.
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  Conversion & Circumcision: A Trans Approach

  A publication of the Trans Halakha Project's Teshuva-Writing Collective
  at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. The article discusses the question of whether trans women should be circumcised as a part of conversion, which touches on the intersection of trans people converting to Judaism.
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  Converting Anti Zionists, Gays & Transgenders to Judaism- Rabbi Adam Mintz/Talkline With Zev Brenner

  Discussion on video in which a rabbi discusses why he regularly converts, among other groups, trans people.
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  Converting as a trans woman?

  Reddit post that asks about the feasibility of converting to Judaism as a trans woman.
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  Curious as to the reason behind so many posts from the trans community here looking to become Jewish

  Reddit post asking why so many trans people convert to Judaism. Numerous theories expounded in the comments.