The 3rd annual LGBT rights day, organized by the Aguda, was held Tuesday (2/20) in the Israeli Knesset. Four hundred people (the maximum who could enter the Knesset) attended from Israel’s LGBTQ communities. The day began with topic discussions in various committees, including the Committee on Education, Defense (integrating LGBTQ folks within the IDF), and […]
Israel’s Surrogacy Law doesn’t apply to single women or same-sex couples – who are forced to seek surrogacy abroad. Gay Activist Asaf Weiss reminds us that it’s time for a change. A demonstration on behalf of the right of same-sex couples to local surrogacy, in Jerusalem in March 2016. Photo: Emil Salman The relationship between […]
Great news for the trans community in Israel! The Ministry of Health announced that as of yesterday (Wednesday) people can send a sex change form to be filled in by a doctor at the touch of a button. MK Merav Ben-Ari and Executive Director Maavarim, Elisha Alexander, at the final State Control Committee meeting The […]
Today is LGBT Rights Day at the Israeli Knesset and it’s very much needed: Three bills concerning the status of the LGBT community in Israel were voted down by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation this week Three bills concerning the status of the LGBT community in Israel were voted down by the Ministerial Committee on […]
Chevra Kadisha, the Jewish Burial Society in Israel, does not prevent, nor shall prevent in the future, a double grave for an LGBT couple. This was ensured by the Monday Society representatives and Israel’s Ministry of Religious Affairs at the State Control Committee. Following a Channel 2 News report, it was revealed that the Jewish […]
Education Minister Naftali Bennett replied in the Knesset to an interrogation by MKs Yael German and Michal Rozin, about the budget cuts for Gay Youth Organization, despite his promise to double the budget. “Following my meeting with LGBT youth organization I increased the budget policy of youth organizations in Israel from 19 million to 35 […]
Roy Mimran, 17 and a half, from Givatayim and Tel Aviv, was the boy with the famous T shirt “I’ve got two fathers, and I don’t apologize” who drew attention before the last elections in Israel. This boy faces a war he had to deal with throughout his whole life – the war against homophobia. […]
On Tuesday the Knesset held a discussion initiated by the Knesset’s LGBT caucus, that was focused on the fight against LGBT hate crimes in Israel. The discussion, conducted by MK Sharren Haskel, joint chairman of the caucus, was attended by Knesset members and representatives of the LGBT community and discussed a number of issues related […]
Last year, Bar-Ilan University prevented its LGBT Forum member from hosting an LGBT event. This year, the LGBT Forum managed to pull off a first of its kind panel at the religious academic institution. Tonight at Bar-Ilan an academic and social panel with gay blogger Netanel Azoulay, transgender Jewish educator Yiscah Smith, Havruta‘s chair Daniel […]
Checking on the The High Court of Justice? The Ministerial Committee for Legislation decided Sunday to postpone by six months the discussion on the surrogacy bill, proposed by MK Yael German (Yesh Atid). For members of the coalition the decision to postpone discussion is equal to the current state of the law, so that in […]