Denis: Coming Out and Showing Up
Wholly Jewish
English - October 06, 2020 09:30 - 19 minutes - 45.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 69 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Spirituality jewish judaism reformjudaism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For LGBTQ+ Jews, coming out stories differ from person to person, and the story of Denis Victorovich Kurmanov (he/him) is no exception. This week, Denis shares his experience immigrating from Moldova at a young age, the pressure he faced to present as straight, how Judaism strengthened him to come out as gay and work as at organizer in his Jewish community, and even a few samples of his poetry. “It was a very slow process of [realizing that]…if God is love, then why should I not have it [too]?” Denis says. “It was a slow coming out. But…it was with full vengeance…and there was no going back. I'd done it all. I'm never going back here. I am!” (Recorded fall 2019)