Creative Commons/Cima da Conegliano Whether or not Jonathan’s love for David qualified him as gay, the Torah is “about us, to us, and for us,” Ladin writes. David and Jonathan by Cima da Conegliano. More

Creative Commons/Ernst Ludwig Kirchner “The artifice of gender reassignment . . . enabled me, after forty-plus years, to finally see myself in the mirror,” Ladin writes. Toilette: Woman in Front of a Mirror by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. More

Jeanette Kuvin Oren ( kuvinoren.com ) God’s declaration at the burning bush summons us to “follow God beyond human categories and explanations, queering ourselves in pursuit of the absolute queerness that is God,” Ladin writes. Burning Bush by Jeanette Kuvin Oren. More

Above: YoHana Bat Adam—Heartist ( thespiritualheartist.com ) “God has no way to demonstrate or perform a gender,” Ladin writes. “The gender binary requires at least two of a kind, and God, as Jews affirm in the Shema prayer, is One.” Union of Opposites by YoHana Bat Adam. More

Lauren Quock ( laurenquock.com ) “It’s cold outside the gender binary, but you can’t beat the view of the gloriously category-confounding universe,” Ladin writes. Artist Lauren Quock tears up dictionary pages to create these modified bathroom signs, which affirm queer and trans gender identities. More

Micah Bazant ( micahbazant.com ) “When queer Jews read Torah as our own, we help all Jews recognize and reclaim our heritage of radical queerness,” Ladin writes. This image, Feygeleh , by Micah Bazant, originally appeared in Timtum: A Trans Jew Zine . More