36-year-old attorney Asaf Orr from San Mateo is a Transgender Youth Project staff attorney at NCLR Asaf Orr says transgender youth “have taught me what courage and perseverance look like.” (Photo: Trish Tunney Photography) You describe yourself as a cisgender male — meaning that your gender identity corresponds to your birth sex — and as heterosexual in […]
Actor and children’s star Daniel Moreshet comes out as gay in a post he wrote on his Facebook page. Moreshet, the star of current children and teens’ #1 TV show Galis, linked his public coming out to the political and media storm on the issue of adopting children by LGBT couples, and explained that the […]
During his studies, Jerusalem native Dan Slijper was already an LGBT activist. He had volunteered for four years at the Bar Noar and launched and led the LGBT caucus of the Labor Party. His recent project: “Safe Space” for LGBT youth. According to Slijper, “There are many students who still feel uncomfortable to come out […]
Amid the national debate over transgender rights and the use of school bathrooms, a number of local Jewish summer camps in Southern California quietly have been adjusting their policies to accommodate transgender students. The Jewish Journal spoke to four of them: Camp JCA Shalom, Malibu, Camp Alonim, Simi Valley, Camp Ramah in Ojai and Habonim […]
Atlanta-based educator, activist and writer Robbie Medwed reminds us that according to Judaism, when someone’s life is on the line, we must do everything in our power to keep them safe. It’s been a bad week for transgender people. The Departments of Education and Justice sent a letter to schools across America withdrawing the guidance […]
Jewish organizations are railing against the removal of Obama-era protections for transgender youth. In a string of angry statements, Jewish groups condemned the measure, which will lift a requirement that public schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms appropriate to their gender identity. The Jewish activist group Bend the Arc called it a “assault on […]
In rural and peripheral areas in Israel live hundreds of LGBT people who have to cope every day with life outside or inside the closet in less accepting and open surroundings. Erin Toledano-Farajov, a bisexual genderqueer transgender woman, tries to explain life as LGBT on the periphery through her own personal experience. Erin Toledano-Farajov, who’s […]
Dorit Glassman, 31, was chosen this week to become the new co-CEO of IGY, alongside Ran Lebel, who continues his role. Glassman replaces Mandy Michaeli, who served as co-CEO in recent years and decided to continue on a new path. Dorit Glassman has been volunteering at IGY for three years, and comes from a background […]
A gay educator at Blich high school in Ramat Gan was the first to import the idea of a “Safe Zone” from the U.S. to Israel – for LGBTQ and questioning students at his school. “I think that every school should take part in the project,” he says. Over the past decade the “Safe Zone” […]
Gay Jewish Australian pop star Troye Sivan has an important message of love for young LGBT people Troye Sivan has spoken out about the lack of young LGBT role models he had while growing up. The 21-year-old explained in an interview with the Paper that public figures like George Michael and Ricky Martin were a […]