As a good warm-up before our Wider Brunch Live that takes place in San Francisco next week, A Wider Bridge goes back a few months ago and happily present to you a gallery from 40 Years of Pride, the first-ever global LGBTQ leadership conference in Tel Aviv that we held this June. Experience the conference […]
Justin Tindall, International Program Coordinator at It Gets Better, was a part of A Wider Bridge’s 2015 LGBTQ Israel Mission and this week penned an op-ed about what he’s learned Justin Tindall (third from left) at the 40 Years of Pride panel in Tel Aviv, June 2015 If you’ve followed LGBT news this past summer, you couldn’t […]
More than 125 LGBTQ leaders from around the world, representing fifteen countries, attended the 40 Years of Pride – Global LGBTQ Leadership Conference, held in Tel Aviv June 9-11, 2015. The conference was presented by A Wider Bridge, together with The Aguda, Israel’s National LGBT Task Force. When A Wider Bridge and The Aguda set […]
A Wider Bridge’s Advisory Board member Chris McCannell just came back from Israel after taking part in Tel Aviv’s first LGBT leadership conference, where he heard Mayor Ed Murray’s speech, and has something to say to those who tried to prevent Mayor Murray’s from attending the conference. The recent opinion editorial “Seattle mayor’s trip highlights […]
Our friends Sammy Kanter and Karen Aronoff who participated in 40 Years of Pride in Tel Aviv, went back to Cincinnati to talk about the conference on channel Fox19 Now just ahead of the Pride parade in the city Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray delivered the Keynote address at 40 Years Of Pride, the Global LGBTQ Leadership Conference presented by A Wider Bridge and The Aguda (Israel’s National LGBT Task Force) in Tel Aviv on June 11. Watch his full speech below. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, who is one of the top gay public officials […]
Arthur Slepian, Founder and Executive Director of A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel organization that builds bridges between LGBTQ people in North America and Israel welcomed Kristof Joseph Steiner for a chat at Tel Aviv’s Royal Beach Hotel in honor of the first ever international LGBTQ convention in Israel: ’40 Years of Pride’ In his invitation […]
Gay journalist James Kirchick participated in a media panel in 40 Years of Pride, the Global Leadership Conference that took place in Tel Aviv during Pride Week. He came back to America and wrote his thoughts on his experience there: “It is often said that the very existence of the State of Israel is a miracle,” […]
The theme of Tel Aviv’s Pride Parade this year is transgender rights. So, what does it feel like to question your own gender identity? To find yourself in-between the masculine and the feminine? Surat-Shaan Knan shares his journey of self-discovery and explains where his trans-masculine and liberal Jewish identity intersect. Listen to the segment on […]
How can we build a more truly global LGBTQ movement? How can we create more opportunities for cross-country learning and collaboration? How can those of us who live in countries where LGBT equality in on the rise best assist LGBT people in counties where homosexual activity is still a crime and people can live only […]