Liv Or-Shay, who takes part in the docu web series “Spectrums”, shared her story of coming out as a transgender woman on Israel’s i24News The DJ and music producer was interviewed by Nurit Ben on the news show Debrief and said that it came to a point where living as a man with wife and […]
Transgender activist and organizer of Miss Trans Israel pageant Israela Stephanie Lev tops A Wider Bridge’s 2017 list of LGBT Israelis to follow on social media. Check out the complete top 10. Israel is known for its innovation in technology, and as in every western-world country, its social media is thriving. Facebook and YouTube are […]
Transgender activist and organizer of Miss Trans Israel pageant Israela Stephanie Lev tops A Wider Bridge’s 2017 list of LGBT Israelis to follow on social media. Check out the complete top 10. Israel is known for its innovation in technology, and as in every western-world country, its social media is thriving. Facebook and YouTube are […]
Transgender activist and organizer of Miss Trans Israel pageant Israela Stephanie Lev tops A Wider Bridge’s 2017 list of LGBT Israelis to follow on social media. Check out the complete top 10. Israel is known for its innovation in technology, and as in every western-world country, its social media is thriving. Facebook and YouTube are […]
“Spectrums,” a new hit web series that looks into the lives of 10 transgender people living in Israel, has premiered its first two episodes on the web, and it’s worth watching. The docu-series follows the emotional and social worlds of ten members of the transgender community in Israel, each episode focuses on one of them. […]
Yisroel Stein is no longer an ultra-Orthodox rabbi, married or male. The only American Hasid to come out publicly after gender transitioning, she is now Abby – ambitious student, popular speaker and community activist. Yisroel Stein (photo: Abby Stein) Abby Stein is almost certainly the only ordained Hasidic rabbi who is also a woman. Stein […]
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 […]
Danielle Solzman, an Orthodox Trans Woman from Kentucky, can never go home again but thankfully she found a community in Chicago that accepts her for the woman that she is. My reality as I knew it ended in early November 2015. Even though I was assigned male at birth, I came to terms with things […]
Four transgender Israeli women were chosen to lead Nike’s Spring 2017 campaign in Israel, under the title “Removing Barriers” Nike Spring 2017 Collection (Photo: Doron Sery) A wonderful trend of redefining conventional notions of beauty has gained momentum over the last two years the fashion world, and this is reflected in the diversity of models, […]
After 51 days in the popular TV reality competition Big Brother, transgender Israeli model Talleen Abu Hanna left the house in a surprising elimination: “It was an amazing experience” It was hard to wipe the smile from Taleen Abu Hanna’s face. Even when she was forced last night to say goodbye to her friends and […]