In Defense of Transgender Military Service Members
A Wider Bridge is deeply disappointed that the Supreme Court has reinstated President Trump’s partial ban [...]
Jerusalem open house
2018: A Wider Bridge By The Numbers
2018 has been a watershed year in the fight for LGBTQ equality in Israel. A Wider Bridge has played [...]
Launching AWB Impact Grants: Building Capacity for LGBTQ Advocates in Israel!
The nationwide LGBTQ strike in Israel last month, sparked by a Knesset vote to ban men and gay couples from [...]
LGBT Groups to March From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Ahead of Pride Parade!
A coalition of LGBT groups, riding the current wave of protests against an amendment to the surrogacy law [...]
Jerusalem Pride: Why It’s So Important
Despite the fact that 58% of Israeli public supports same-sex marriage, LGBTphobia is raging in public [...]
Israel’s President Rivlin Hosts Members of LGBT Community
President Reuven Rivlin was one of the first public figures in Israel to accept members of the LGBT community [...]
Florida Pride Seder: Celebrating Pride and Israel at 70
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending the 18th Annual Pride Seder at Temple Israel of Greater Miami, [...]
“I could not tell my soldiers, my name is Ofer and I am your [female] commander.”
Ofer Erez was born and raised as a girl, but even in his youth he knew he was a boy. After he was discharged [...]
“A Wider Bridge’s Support Helps Our Story To Be Told”
One of AWB’s longterm Israeli LGBTQ partners is the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance (JOH). [...]
The First Transgender Commander in the IDF Conquers a New Height
Ofer Erez, the first transgender officer in the IDF and one of the first in the world, will be released from [...]