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List of LGBTQ Jews: what Wikipedia removed

The List of LGBTQ Jews explained its own rationale by stating that antisemitic and homophobic stereotypes both drew on constructed notions of the Jew and the homosexual. Through October 6, 2023 the opening stated, “This crossover also extends to the modern discourses of antisemitism and homophobia, with stereotypes of the Jew frequently underwriting pop cultural and scientific notions of the homosexual.” Today the opening no longer contains this sentence, and antisemitism appears nowhere in the article, down from twice as recently as October 6, 2023. A reader arriving now does not learn that the list’s own stated rationale connected antisemitic stereotypes of the Jew to stereotypes of the homosexual.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The opening’s original criteria line, reworded rather than removed in substance.
  • The sentence linking antisemitic and homophobic stereotypes of the Jew and the homosexual, dropped from the opening entirely.

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 17985097):

While traditional Jewish views opposed homosexuality (and other non-normative sexual orientations and gender identities ), more accepting attitudes have accompanied increased secularisation and social awareness (as well as a tendency to leftwing politics). These attitudes have had an effect on all the major denominations: gay rabbis are increasingly common, and same-sex marriages are sanctioned by both the Reform and Reconstructionist denominations ( see : Jewish views of homosexuality ). The following is a list of some prominent LGBT Jews .

2025 (revision 1291571807):

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people of Jewish faith or descent This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources . This is a list of LGBT Jews . Each person is both Jewish (by birth or conversion according to Jewish law, or identifies as Jewish via ancestry) and has stated publicly that they are bisexual , gay , lesbian , transgender , and/or queer or questioning ( LGBTQ ), or identify as a member of the LGBTQ community. Being both Jewish and LGBTQ is a canonical (recognized) example of some facet of each person on this list, such that the …

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