They got married, had children, got divorced and then changed their gender. According to testimonies that reached Haaretz newspaper when the custody hearings began, social workers recommended taking the children away from transgender parents. The Welfare Ministry says there’s no guidance on the subject, and perhaps that’s the problem Haaretz has learned of 10 different […]
A new bus in New York City spreads ignorance and transphobic messages. Transgender advocate and A Wider Bridge’s Israel Mission alumna Hannah Simpson had the chance to visit this eyesore in person on Thursday, as it sat parked near the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan. Growing up, the big yellow “Magic School Bus” symbolized the wonders […]
Studio C only benefits from the negative buzz around its transphobic ads. We need to reach a critical mass of avoiding to go there, to make sure they understand that offensive commercials simply don’t pay off. Oded Yaron, Haaretz contributor, explains. In an attempt to show how cool and exclusive to women it is, Studio […]
The show of support from religious leaders comes as the Supreme Court scrapped plans to hear a precedent-setting case. Rebekah Bruesehoff, a 10-Year-Old busts myth about trans people with powerful sign As the Trump administration moves to roll back trans rights and protections, faith groups are joining the fight against transphobia. Religious groups, including 1,800 […]
An offensive campaign towards the transgender community recently launched by the advertising agency Yehoshua\TBWA for Studio C, a women’s fitness chain, has created a stir on the web, with thousands of criticizing comments. Studio C ad: Orna Datz and a friend going to Latin dance class On March 2, Israeli women’s fitness chain Studio C published […]
Miss Trans Israel 2016 Talleen Abu Hanna has been making a tremendous service for transgender visibility in the TV show “Big Brother” for three weeks. In a conversation she held in the court yard this week with Indle, another contestant in the show, she explained about the “cycle of repression”, that pushes many transgender women […]
Amir Stein, a transgender man, is sick of people prying in his private parts and asking intimate questions as if his feelings don’t matter; These days he even finds it hard to get out of bed. Imagine the following situation: a wedding hall in Bnei Brak, a soldier in a green uniform enters the hall […]
When looking over this history, we find many clear and stunning connections between historical representations of LGBTQ people and Jewish people; Both have historically been regarded as wolves in sheep’s clothing. By initially passing and then failing to repeal House Bill 2 in North Carolina, which Governor Pat McCrory signed into law, the North Carolina […]
Rotem, a 22-year-old cisgender lesbian, and Lydia, a 29-year-old transgender lesbian, are one of the couples who live their lives together with an uncanny ability to look at the people around them with no barriers when it comes to sex and gender. Most of the difficulties that transgender people are facing can’t be seen by […]
The family of Erika Kolosov from Bat Yam refused to accept her when she came out at 15. After being thrown out of her home several times and banished from it at 18, she moved to Tel Aviv and began to connect to her identity. Now, aged 20, she lives both as Erik and Erika […]