J Street Austin is the local home for pro-Israel, pro-peace activists to combine their Israel advocacy, local activism, and progressive, Jewish values to advocate at the local level for peace and security in the Middle East. J Street Austin is a  project of J Street, the political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement.  J Street was founded to promote meaningful American leadership to end the Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israel conflicts peacefully and diplomatically. We support a new direct …

… IF YOU’RE NOT SURE ABOUT COMING OUT OF YOUR CLOSET (OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO COME OUT OF YOUR CLOSET), THEN COME SPEND TIME WITH US IN OUR CLOSET I will be quoting Gianna E. Israel in some areas because I can't tell it better then her. "People need to be very careful with their judgments when discussing and exploring gender boundaries and roles. Just as there is nothing wrong with having a healthy en femme persona for a crossdressing male, there is also nothing wrong with having a heal …