This piece was initially published on Jewschool. Rav Jeff Fox’s major contribution to the world of Torah in this form of his teshuva “Nashim Mesolelot” has been, as yet, underdiscussed. I am very glad that R. Fox took on the challenge of writing psak on queer women’s sexuality. This is vital work, and R. Fox’s teshuva is a work of both skilled analysis of text and a thoughtful and novel approach coming from a straight Orthodox posek. The very act of writing publicly about queer sex without a default posture of condemnation is one that can move the halachically-observant community away from stigma and toward embrace of queerness.
This is so thoughtful and beautiful! Such an insightful angle to focus on "anyone can make something assur, it takes a real talmud chakham to make it muttar in the first place."
This is so thoughtful and beautiful! Such an insightful angle to focus on "anyone can make something assur, it takes a real talmud chakham to make it muttar in the first place."
Insightful and provoking as always! Where can I find Rav Aviva's response to this teshuva?
All the responses are linked alongside the original teshuva - so if you click the link in the piece it will take you there! :)