Netanyahu Responds to LGBTQ Criticisms; Activists Note The ‘Big Gap’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to respond to criticism over policy regarding Israel’s [...]
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Netanyahu Rejected Request to Consider Allowing Surrogates for Single Men, Same-sex Couples
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman refused a request from Attorney [...]
Israel Recognized Lesbian Couples as Mothers. Now It Says It Was a Mistake.
In March, we reported on the case of Irit and Einat Zevieli-Efrat, who discovered that their children’s [...]
The DJ, Producer and Performer Who Pioneered Israel’s LGBT Music Culture
If one man links Israel’s pop music scene to the LGBT community’s emergence out of the closet, it’s the [...]
Israel Demands That Lesbians Seeking to Adopt Children Declare They Are Not Sex Offenders
A lack of legislation makes it difficult for lesbian couples seeking to recognize maternal legal status for [...]
Haredim Vandalize Non-Kosher Diner Owned By A Lesbian Couple
In Jerusalem, lesbian life partners Reut Cohen and Romina Gonzalez have faced threats and property damage [...]
Op-Ed: Israel Must Change Its Discriminatory Surrogacy Law
Israel’s Surrogacy Law doesn’t apply to single women or same-sex couples – who are forced to [...]
LGBT, Right-wing and Orthodox: What It’s Like Coming Out in a West Bank Settlement
Two gay men, a lesbian and a transgender woman tell of hardship and acceptance over the Green Line [...]
This Year’s Least Shameful Politician: An ultra-Orthodox Homophobe
The MK thrown out of Shas for attending a same-sex wedding is no poster-boy for ultra-Orthodoxy tolerance of [...]
Israeli Bill Prescribes Jewish Law in Absence of Legal Precedent
A revised draft of the bill for a new basic law defining Israel’s identity as a nation-state requires [...]