Nearly 1,000 people marched in Tel Aviv Sunday night, with Ma’avarim – the Israeli trans organization, to denounce violence against Israel’s transgender community, in the wake of a suspected hate crime outside a local LGBTQ center that left a teenager seriously wounded. Under the banner “fighting for our lives,” marchers walked from the Florentine neighborhood […]
Family in Transition is a documentary directed by Ofir Trainin which follows a family in Nahariya, a small traditional town in Israel, whose lives change completely after their father finally decides to tell his family that she’s a transgender woman. “My main goal in making this film is to explore the life of this unique family, one […]
A Wider Bridge’s Statement on the Trump administration’s consideration to narrowly define gender and rollback trans rights. October 22, 2018 The Administration’s alarming assault on transgender rights will not be tolerated, and we will not remain silent. Transgender people seeking to live true and authentic lives deserve the same respect and decency from their representative […]
Join A Wider Bridge to meet our newest grantee, Captain Ofer Erez, October 10-25! Details “I was so nervous. I don’t remember anything from this talk.” That’s how the first openly transgender officer in the Israel Defense Forces, Lt. Ofer Erez, recalls the time three years ago when he was training to be an officer and told his […]
The transgender community is considered one of the weakest sectors in the Israeli employment market. A new initiative at the Tel Aviv LGBT Center, helped by Ma’avarim, will provide workshops, simulations and basic tools that will make it easier for members of the transgender community to find a place to work. Jay Harris (Photo: Shlomi […]
After the incredible achievement of being the first transgender woman to participate in the national Miss Israel beauty pageant, Talleen Abu Hanna finished up as the third runner-up (4th place) at the beauty contest, held on May 1st. The winner was 18 year old high school student Nicole Reznikov from Afula. Abu Hanna, who was […]
New directives of the Israel Prisons Service cancel the policy of holding transgender prisoners in isolation cells and will respect to the preferred gender identity of trans prisoners. The new policy further states that it is obligatory to ask prisoners whether they prefer a male or a female to search on them. “This is an […]
The Council of Children and Youth Organizations, together with the Israeli Ministry of Education, selected transgender TV personality Bell Agam as “Educator of the Year” for her work with LGBTQ youth at IGY. Bell Agam, who volunteers at IGY to guide and support transgender and genderqueer youth, was one of 20 educators to receive 2018’s […]
Ofer Erez was born and raised as a girl, but even in his youth he knew he was a boy. After he was discharged from the army with the rank of Captain, he tells for the first time how he made history and became the first transgender officer in the IDF. There is no indication […]
The story of Roy Ohana has recently caught the media’s attention in Israel. Being dubbed as the first transgender Israeli soccer player, Roy was interviewed over the weekend by Israel’s Channel 10 News. In the interview, he spoke about transphobia in the Israeli society in general and in sports in particular. “I went into the […]