Hey Sweeties! 🟦🎗️ I was just thinking of something I read a few years ago, about the laws of levirate marriage. (When, in a hetero marriage, the husband dies and there's no heir. If he has a brother, the brother is supposed to marry the widow, if she agrees. The first offspring of the union counts as the first husband's kid.) I remember it was talking about what men are excused or not excused from (offering to be in a) levirate marriage. I had to reread it several times, because I thought I was misunderstanding. But if the deceased man's brother is trans (ftm) he is *not* excused from this tradition! Why is this a good thing, and who cares anyway? Because a trans man can't impregnate his wife. But the marriage itself provides the wife with a protected legal status. Remember, this was a time and place that women had few, if any, rights. So it may LOOK like she is no more than a vessel, but the fact that a trans man can be the husband means 1) Halacha says trans rights! 2) women are more than just a uterus. Going into Pride Month, remember that religion is a way to celebrate who and what we are. If your religious tradition isn't allowing that, it may be time to look for something more life affirming. Either way, you are valid and loved! 🙏❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩵🩷🤍🫂🇮🇱
Miss Naomi 613
Hey Sweeties! 🟦🎗️
I was just thinking of something I read a few years ago, about the laws of levirate marriage. (When, in a hetero marriage, the husband dies and there's no heir. If he has a brother, the brother is supposed to marry the widow, if she agrees. The first offspring of the union counts as the first husband's kid.) I remember it was talking about what men are excused or not excused from (offering to be in a) levirate marriage. I had to reread it several times, because I thought I was misunderstanding. But if the deceased man's brother is trans (ftm) he is *not* excused from this tradition!
Why is this a good thing, and who cares anyway?
Because a trans man can't impregnate his wife. But the marriage itself provides the wife with a protected legal status. Remember, this was a time and place that women had few, if any, rights. So it may LOOK like she is no more than a vessel, but the fact that a trans man can be the husband means 1) Halacha says trans rights! 2) women are more than just a uterus.
Going into Pride Month, remember that religion is a way to celebrate who and what we are. If your religious tradition isn't allowing that, it may be time to look for something more life affirming. Either way, you are valid and loved!
🙏❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩵🩷🤍🫂🇮🇱
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