I can suggest the Michi-bot answer:

To begin with, two short clarifications: the answers here rely on the writings of Rabbi Michael Abraham and try to reconstruct his reasoning; they should not be seen as a binding determination or an official representation of his view. For practical questions of Jewish law, one consults a halakhic decisor. Also, Michi-bot is intended to work with the GPT-5 Thinking model; it is worth making sure that this is the model you are using.

Broadly speaking, the Rabbi’s position toward LGBT rests on a sharp distinction between facts (orientation, identity, human condition) and halakhic and moral norms:

* Orientation is not a transgression. Attraction itself or identity itself is not a sin; the halakhic discussion deals with actions. Regarding homosexuality: the prohibition of the act for men is Torah-level, and for women it apparently is rabbinic; in his words, this is “quite simple.” In the past he raised, as a principled possibility, the option of being lenient, but he wrote explicitly that he is very hesitant and does not rule that way without broad agreement, if at all. Source: [https://mikyab.net/posts/92363/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/posts/92363/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* “Abomination” is not necessarily a moral label. The Rabbi stresses that the term “abomination” in the Torah does not always denote a moral abomination; one should not automatically turn a halakhic prohibition into a demeaning value judgment toward people. Source: [https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%97%D7%A1-%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%92%D7%90%D7%94/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%97%D7%A1-%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%92%D7%90%D7%94/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* Between facts and norms (“the third path”). In contemporary discussions (for example around conversion therapy, communal attitudes, and public presentation), he criticizes confusion between empirical data and value assumptions, and proposes a middle line: preserving the boundaries of Jewish law on the one hand, and on the other restraining harmful criticism, showing respect, and speaking precisely. Source: [https://mikyab.net/posts/81651/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/posts/81651/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* Questions of marriage and life frameworks. From a halakhic standpoint, there is no halakhic betrothal or marriage between members of the same sex; in the responsa he addresses the existential difficulty posed by a demand for long-term abstinence and formulates the tension between the human condition and the halakhic framework, without inventing a permit that does not exist. Source: [https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%98%D7%B4%D7%91-%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%97%D7%93-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%98%D7%B4%D7%91-%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%97%D7%93-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* Transgender people — separate complexities. The Rabbi clarifies that in the acronym LGBT, the letters LGB (lesbians, gay men, bisexuals) concern orientation and action, whereas the T raises other conceptual-halakhic questions (definition of sex, statuses of commandments, marriage and bills of divorce, and the like). This is an ongoing work of clarification, not a short “ruling.” Sources: [https://mikyab.net/posts/92363/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/posts/92363/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) , [https://mikyab.net/posts/77953/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/posts/77953/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

Underlying all this is the Rabbi’s methodological foundation: to systematically separate reality from norms (facts versus halakhic or moral obligation), and only afterward discuss what follows halakhically and what follows morally — without mixing them up. This is a principled line that recurs in his writings beyond the LGBT topic as well.

If you want, I can distill from this some practical “rules of thumb” (communal attitude, style of speech, educational framework, and the like) in the spirit of the Rabbi’s position.

Additional sources:

* Transgender people in Jewish law: A. Conceptual analysis (Column 701): [https://mikyab.net/posts/92363/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/posts/92363/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* A look at transgenderism and the Givat Shmuel affair (Column 504): [https://mikyab.net/posts/77953/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/posts/77953/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* The attitude toward LGBT: between facts and values (Column 579): [https://mikyab.net/posts/81651/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/posts/81651/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* The third path: on LGBT, lenience, and harmful criticism (Column 728): [https://mikyab.net/posts/94969/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/posts/94969/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* Responsa: Homosexuality (a halakhic discussion of coercion / duress): [https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-2/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-2/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* Responsa: Homosexuality — a moral problem?: [https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

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True story, our Rabbi Michi: one day I was riding on a bus with my wife where the custom there was women in the back and men in the front, but I’m Litvak and I sat next to my wife. Someone came over to point out to me the existing custom, and I answered him that I’m female and had sex reassignment surgery. I have no idea whether he understood the concept in depth, due to the limitations of his comprehension. What I gained was that he left me alone, and if all the above communities exist for that, it would have been enough for us.