Dead Name Rituals and Shedding the Israeli Identity (with meital yaniv!)

Happy Pride Month! Rachelle sits down with death doula, reiki practitioner and writer, meital yaniv (they/them) to discuss what goes into a dead name ritual, especially for trans folks who have given themselves a new name since their transition, true name anointing - a process of ritualizing and crowning a new chosen name, the on-going violence in Palestine at the hands of the Israeli (and American-funded) government and why meital decided to shed their "Israeli" identity as a step towards the freedom of Palestine.

You can find meital's work at truenamecollective.com or at meitalyaniv.com.

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