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Joy Ladin — Transgender Amid Orthodoxy: I Am Who I Will Be

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The Meaning of Gender

Joy Layden is the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution. She's the author of several books of poetry and a memoir through The Door of Life. "For me, femininity is actually about liberation and empowerment," she says.

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