orthodox jew
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews PINK LADY a low key queer drama that’s a compelling depiction of a religious woman’s sexual awakening.
Bati and Lazer are a happily married Hasidic couple living a simple domestic life in Jerusalem. Bati’s world falls apart when she opens an unaddressed envelope containing a blackmail note and candid photographs of Lazer kissing a man. Lazer claims that the pictures have been photoshopped, but Bati is not convinced, because although having three…
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I Was Not Born A Mistake : one women’s journey to finding her true identity
There are no two stories of transitioning that are the same, and Yiscah Smith’s tale about her own particular journey is probably one of the most intriguing we have ever seen. Born in a devout Observant Jewish family in Brooklyn as Yakov Smith and as a boy at school Smith was picked on and bullied…