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How Orthodox Jewish families are finding ways to support their trans children
- Ziva Mann recalls her daughter, Ellie, as a joyful child, nicknamed 'Giggles.'
- Mann has found support in religious spaces and family, which has helped Ellie regain her joy.
- Approximately 300 rabbis and 160 families with trans members have connected through listings, according to Kabakov.
- Kabakov stated that while Orthodoxy isn't the issue, 'the people' are the problem.
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Chicago Tribune
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ As her daughter grew and her joy seemed to overflow, Ziva Mann began calling her “Giggles.” “She was like the sun,” Mann said from her home in Massachusetts. Everything changed during Ellie’s second year of elementary school, when her shine began to dim. “She got sadder and sadder,” she recalled. “It was like watching someone disappear.” Mann eventually realized that her daughter’s sadness was connected to an internal s…
How Orthodox Jewish families are finding ways to support their trans c
Ziva Mann remembers how joyful and smiley her daughter was as a child — the family even gave her the nickname “Giggles.” “She was just sunshine,” Mann said. That changed around second grade, when her joy began to fade. “She got sadder and sadder,” Mann recalled. “It was like watching someone disappear.” Mann later realized that her child’s growing sadness was connected to a struggle to reckon with her gender identity . Her daughter came out as t…
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