Quentin Hill joined A Wider Bridge’s staff in August, and just came back from his first AWB LGBTQ Israel Mission, which was also his first time traveling to Israel with a group of LGBTQ people. During the trip, Quentin was also inspired regarding how to deal with the election results back home. Here’re quotes and […]
A gay member of the Tel Aviv Municipal Council on Wednesday said the Israeli government promotes LGBT rights in an attempt to divert attention away from its controversial policies towards the Palestinians. Mickey Gitzin, a gay member of the Tel Aviv Municipal Council, speaks to a group of Americans in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Nov. […]
Michael K. Lavers, who’s currently in Israel with A Wider Bridge, visited the Golan Heights on Tuesday that overlook the border with Syria. He reports on his experience. Michael K. Lavers at the Golan Heights with the Hula Valley and Lebanon in the background. Blackberry bushes and mint were growing wild along the narrow, rocky […]
Michael Lavers, a 2016 A Wider Bridge Mission participant, writes (from Israel) on how Israelis and Palestinians are viewing the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. A Palestinian human rights activist on Saturday suggested President-elect Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric fuels extremism. “It’s not helpful,” Ziman CEO Samer Makhlouf told the […]
The 2016 A Wider Bridge LGBTQ Leadership Mission to Israel began less than 36 hours after the results of our election had been made clear. What can we learn from these experiences that can help us when we get back home? What advice do the Israelis have for us? How does one move forward with […]
While taking the A Wider Bridge’s Israel Mission with a group of LGBTQ Americans, Hannah Simpson writes that transgender people are terrified of what lies ahead following Trump’s presidential election. “Our main protest: refuse to disappear” Follow Hannah Simpson on Twitter: @hannsimp The announcement that Donald Trump won the election was devastating for many people, […]
Today it begins! A Wider Bridge’s LGBT delegation landed in Israel to begin the 6th annual LGBT Israel Mission- this time around with 28 LGBT professionals who are eager to know more about beautiful Israel and the diverse LGBTQ community in it. Today we officially launch the hashtag #bridge2israel16 in order to make it easy […]
Washington DC’s queer nightlife persona and performance artist Jason Barnes joins this year’s Israel LGBT Mission of A Wider Bridge after hearing so much about it. “I had an old classmate who went to Israel and didn’t come back for several years because he loved it so much.” Though he hasn’t been to Israel himself, […]
Tyler Gregory, Deputy Director of A Wider Bridge gives an update on the organization’s work. Over the past several months, we’ve seen a sharp rise in anti-Israel activity in our LGBTQ communities. Some of these episodes have crossed into anti-semitic territory. Many of you remember back in January when our AWB reception at Creating Change […]
Journalist and activist Lynare Robbins from Miami was sent to Israel in 2015 on a journalism mission and fell in love with what Israel had to offer; This week she returns with A Wider Bridge’s 2016 LGBT Leadership Mission, and before hopping on the plane to Tel Aviv, Lynare speaks to us about LGBT activism and the […]