The US State Department has appealed a federal district court decision that overturned the State Department’s denial of citizenship to one of the twins born to a Jewish same-sex couple. Andrew Dvash-Banks, an American, and Elad Dvash-Banks, an Israeli, married in Canada in 2010. Their sons, Ethan and Aiden, were conceived with donor eggs and […]
When a manufacturer of toothbrushes for children wants to reach every home, it wants you to see people on the screen who live a credible normal life – like this family with two dads Sixty-one seconds of your time, and you’ll see a revolution. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time […]
The High Court of Justice was set to issue its ruling Thursday morning on a petition demanding Israel permit single people and same-sex couples to arrange surrogate births in Israel. The ruling, however, was postponed by six months to allow lawmakers to follow through with new legislation that might render the petition obsolete, justices said. […]
Attorney Ellen Trachman of Trachman Law Center, LLC, a Denver-based law firm specializing in assisted reproductive technology law and adoption, gives a brief on surrogacy and adoption of LGBTQ people in Israel Many counties ban surrogacy altogether. And, as you know by now, I can be a little judgy when it comes to those countries. […]
Openly gay Likud MK Amir Ohana punished for skipping key Knesset votes in protest at government’s discriminatory policy Likud’s first openly gay lawmaker was suspended from a powerful Knesset committee on Wednesday after he refused to vote with the coalition in protest of the government’s declared opposition earlier this week to same-sex couples adopting children […]
Following a protest against the state’s position on adoption, a meeting was held Monday between representatives of the Aguda, the Association of Israeli Gay Fathers, and Welfare Minister Haim Katz. In the meeting, the LGBTQ representitives presented the outline of the solution to the current crisis: “We are waiting to see whether there will be […]
Singer and director Amir Fryszer Guttman passed away Sunday at the age of 41 in a tragic incident of drowning during a party he threw for 30 of his closest friends and family, to celebrate a year since he recieved the news that he was misdiagnosed with cancer. Singer Amir Friyszer Guttman will be buried […]
Gay fashion designer and screenwriter Tom Salama is the co-creator of the new Israeli series “Miguel” (based on the story of his life). He writes about living with 4 adopted children: “My 15-year-old adopted son asked me why we couldn’t adopt a girl from Israel into the family. Because Dad is unfit, I answered.” ‘Miguel,’ […]
Led by some gay celebrities, Israel’s LGBT community and its allies have launched a campaign against the government’s declared position, earning widespread public support. The Israeli media have been filled with criticism of the country’s right-wing leadership alongside accounts of loving same-sex parenting. Singer Ohad Hitman and his family. On Sunday, the government came out […]
The controversy around the state’s rejection of same sex couples to adopt caused rage in the LGBTQ community in Israel. The Aguda, the Israeli National LGBT Task Force, has organized a rally to be held tomorrow (Thursday) in front of the government’s offices in Tel Aviv. Straight rapper Static to the state: “You deny children’s […]