This past Monday, a heated debate in Israel’s Knesset centered around whether to allow members of the LGBT community to produce children via surrogacy. There was much bickering back and forth with homophobic statements and pro gay rebuttals. Moti Yogev, photo credit SHAHAR AZRAN The Jerusalem post reports that at present, the surrogacy law prepared […]
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 […]
When a manufacturer of toothbrushes for children wants to reach every home, it wants you to see people on the screen who live a credible normal life – like this family with two dads Sixty-one seconds of your time, and you’ll see a revolution. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time […]
Despite the large support from the media, straight allies and adopted children all across Israel, there are still voices in Israel and around the world, calling the Israeli government to continue discriminate against same-sex couples in regards to adoption. “I have two dads and I’m happy,” a girl holds a sign at the Tel Aviv […]
Following a protest against the state’s position on adoption, a meeting was held Monday between representatives of the Aguda, the Association of Israeli Gay Fathers, and Welfare Minister Haim Katz. In the meeting, the LGBTQ representitives presented the outline of the solution to the current crisis: “We are waiting to see whether there will be […]
Even though the law now allows gay families to adopt, they still have a lower priority. Udi Ledergor, chairman of Israeli Gay Fathers Association, and his family Only three same-sex families, two male couples and one female couple, have managed to adopt children in Israel since 2008, when such couples were legally allowed to adopt […]
Pathway to Israeli citizenship to be same for gay and heterosexual couples: Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit made the announcement in response to a court petition by the Gay Father’s Association, which welcomed the new policy. Udi Ledergor, chair of Israeli Gay Fathers organization and attorney Iris Sheinfeld Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit announced on Thursday that […]
The Israeli Reform Center for Religion and State and the Gay Fathers Organization appealed Sunday to the Supreme Court against the Ministry of Welfare, Social Services and the Attorney General, asking to change the discrimination against Known in Public couples and same-sex couples in the adoption process. The petitioners argue that the way in which […]
After a long process of correspondence between the Israeli Gay Fathers Organization and the Israel Defense Forces, the IDF commands regarding summoning both gay dads of the same family unit for military service at the same time is now changing. Udi Ledergor, Executive Director of Gay Fathers Israel, with his family Yesterday, a new regulation […]
Five years after Etai Pinkas and his husband Yoav Arad filed a precedential plea to the Israeli Supreme Court, asking it to obligate the Israeli Health Ministry to provide them surrogacy health services, they are back in court, this time with a much more general petition. “This time, we are accompanied by our three daughters, […]