This video includes the full introduction by Rabbi Rebecca Reice. Thanks so much to the Austin Interfaith Pride Coalition for the invitation and chance to share some torah and some laughs amid challenging times!
Year: 2017
Thoughts on the National Museum of African American History and Culture
While in Washington DC today, I visited the new Smithsonian National Museum of American American History and Culture. It only opened this past September 2016, and was the first new museum since the National Museum of the American Indian opened in 2004. All the buzz had said it was EXCELLENT, but that getting in was a …
I’m Back on Refinery29!
Delighted to share my latest article on Refinery29, on the real-life consequences of being publicly outed, as Survivor contestant Zeke Smith was on national television. It’s fun to have my work back up on Refinery29 after nearly a year. I’m looking forward to lots more edgy queer content coming up on R29. http://www.refinery29.com/2017/04/149964/outing-transgender-person-meaning-zeke-survivor
Quoted by NBC News on Gavin Grimm
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/gavin-grimm-vows-continue-fighting-transgender-rights-n729641
One World Trade Lit in Transgender Colors!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/governor-cuomo-lights-the-night-for-trans-visibility_us_58e2705de4b0d804fbbb752e
Trans @ Airport Security, New Piece on NBC News
http://nbcnews.to/2aX9NjT
Donald Trump is the candidate for women!
#Trump is the candidate for women! Who else out there believes a young lady on stirrups in Hawaii can deliver a baby all the way into Kenya?
— Hannah Simpson חנה הייה-לב סימפסון (@hannsimp) August 17, 2016
#Trump is the candidate for women! Who else out there believes a young lady on stirrups in Hawaii can deliver a baby all the way into Kenya?
Rio2016 Newsflash
https://twitter.com/hannsimp/status/76487834977268532
The Big Serbian Day Update Post
What happened in Serbia when I visited a well-known gender reassignment surgeon. Time, money, dignity, sanity, spirit, and vaginal sensation. I am left depleted.
Standup at London’s Royal Vauxhall Tavern
I perform standup comedy as a hobby, and sometimes it is fun to challenge myself by taking to an open mic in a totally new foreign city. This was me performing some British-infused transgender jokes at BarWotever, hosted by the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
Find more of my standup comedy (including Jewish “semon comedy”) here:
Learn more about BarWotever here: https://www.facebook.com/BarWotever/?fref=ts