Abstract
Research on the construction of LGBT Jewish identities has revealed a conflict between both identities. This tension, is said, rests on the sacred texts of Judaism that condemn homosexuality. Nevertheless, some LGBT Jewish organizations construct a discourse in which Jewishness and sexual diversity are blended with each other. The conditions of possibility of this process rest in the fact that the discourse of these organizations is not based on religion, but on ethno-political diasporic practices aimed at legitimizing the State of Israel. The paper analyzes the merging of Judaism and sexual diversity looking at the diasporic practices of social actors. It looks at the cases of two Jewish LGBT organizationz: JAG, from Argentina, and Hod, from Chile.
religion; gay; diaspora; Zionism; Judaism