Darlings, we need to talk about life and death. In preemptive compliance with the executive orders of the Arrogant Kingdom, New York City hospitals stopped providing care to trans youth. Lexi brings us wisdom from the Maor vaShemesh and Meor Eynayim, both Chassidic rebbes, to light our way to survival through this assault on trans rights.

Also brought in this episode: Jennifer Finney Boylan on telling our stories, the mitzvah of gender transition, and Ezra Furman on the need for all our voices.

Torah for Trans Lives is a Torah Studio podcast, written, produced and performed by Lexi Kohanski. Our volunteer editor is Austin Coulson. Our graphic is “Rivka and Yitzchak” by Rena Yehuda Newman. Our title music is “Lekhabot et haAhavah” by Rabbi Noam Lerman.