lgbtq pride month, and the lb gtq pride like in the jewish community, and we introduce you to jean goldstein, and welcome.>> a pleasure to be here. >>> ketchup is an organization based in boston and they do work all around the country, down to 20 years ago in a very different environment. at the time it was very hard for those that work with the lgbtq to feel they could live a fully integrated life, and they had to leave their lgbtq identity out the door, and we were trying to make it a world where people could be [ null ] and jewish -- queer and jewish , and welcoming people and making them more accepted.>>> the reference point from the faith based perspective, and the rainbow being seen after the flood, and from the jewish perspective, meaning a covenant. >> and in the jewish community also means the bow and arrow, and moving forward in the words.>>> what is your experience at in the jewish community? >> i am second-generation gay, my parents are lesbian, and i grew up going to a synagogue in part of the conservative movement, and we had very few issues. we were fully accepted by the congr