As we open 2018, YNET brings you a list of the top 50 Activists in Israel, including a number of A Wider Bridge’s LBGTQ partners. Below are list of the LGBTQ activists mentioned in YNET’s list of 50 Israeli activists making a difference. We congratulate everyone for their hard work! Chen Arieli Chair of the […]
Omer Nahmany, leader of the movement for LGBTQ people who serve in Israel’s security forces, wrote about Trump’s transgender military ban, and about what it must feel like being a transgender soldier serving in the United States armed forces these days. Six months from now, they will start throwing transgender soldiers out of the American […]
Blue and White Pride is a new group that seeks to counter growing resistance to LGBT people and women in the Israel Defense Forces. A Wider Bridge’s Leadership Mission alum Michael K. Lavers had the chance to speak with Omer Nahmany, the group’s founder, late last month. Omer Nahmany, first from left, is the founder […]
Omer Nahmany was interviewed Monday by ILTV.tv about his new project “Pride x2 to Israel” and the Pride Blue and White movement. In the face of growing attempts by anti-liberal forces to stop integration of women, members of the LGBT community, and minorities into the military, Pride Blue and White believes in strengthening the social […]
Blue and White Pride‘s new project “Pride x2 to Israel” has been criticized during its opening event and after, by LGBT people who disagree about the role of the Israeli army. Omer Nahmany, the project’s Executive Director, addresses the criticism, saying that the project is not about the political role of the army, but about […]
Dozens of people came to Tel Aviv’s Beit Hachayal (Soldier House) on Thursday evening for the launch of “Israeli Pride Times Two,” a project that aims to double the number of female and LGBT combat soldiers. The project, headed by Omer Nahmany, aims to promote and assist such recruits toward having a meaningful service, both […]
On Tuesday the Israeli Knesset marked the second annual LGBT Rights day in a series of discussions in the various committees, attended by community representatives who raised issues for discussion and give testimonies about the current state of the gay community in various fields. Community leaders described the day as wonderfully fruitful and successful .”There’s […]
Omer Nahmany, who currently leads the project “Pride x2 to Israel” to double the number of publicly out LGBT people in the army, writes about the cultural battle against religious extremists in Israeli army Last week the Israeli media published words said by Rabbi Zvi Tau, founder of the religious Zionist yeshiva of Har Hamor. […]
Following an op-ed of homophobic rabbi Zvi Tau, who incited against women, the LGBT community and non-Jewish soldiers, and charged IDF with ‘losing its humanity’ by adopting liberal values, activist Omer Nahmany calls for all LGBT people in the Israeli army to come out – to demonstrate the power of the community Omer Nahmany with proud […]
As we open 2017, A Wider Bridge brings you a list of nine LGBT Israelis to keep an eye on in the new year. We invite you to fill out: Who should be the 10th? 1. Amir Ohana (politics) The right-wing gay Member of Knesset was already selected by Globes magazine as one of the […]