200 members of the community take to the streets in government district demanding change in the law Members of Israel’s LGBT community protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, days after the Knesset voted against five bills that would improve LGBT rights in Israel. Protesters took to the streets close to a compound of government offices, […]
On March 23 the Knesset will mark for the first time its LGBT equality day. Knesset’s LGBT Lobby Leaders (from left to right): Yael German, Merav Michaeli, Michal Rozin Last week the first publicly-out homosexual right-wing member joined the Knesset, and it’s probably a great opportunity for the Knesset members to get to know the […]
On Monday the Israeli Knesset approved an amendment to the Evidence of Ordinance, under which even unmarried couples will be considered under the rule invalidating evidence of spouses against each other, including same sex couples. In criminal law there is a special protection for spouses, which allows them to avoid having to testify against his/her […]
Members of Knesset Dov Henin, Sharren Haskel, Mickey Rosenthal, Merav Ben-Ari, Yael German and Mickey Levy responded to an initiative of IGY – Gay Youth Organization, who addressed the Knesset members, asking them to read testimonials of LGBT youth in the Knesset plenum on Universal Children’s Day, marked around the world on November 20. “I’m […]
Interior Minister Silvan Shalom asked to raise the domestic partnership filing fee for couples in which one partner is not an Israeli citizen. It basically means that an LGBT couple will now pay NIS 1225 more than a straight couple in order to be able to live together in Israel. What is discrimination? Discrimination occurs […]
5775 has been a stormy year as far as the Israeli LGBT community is concerned, so picking 12 milestones that were important to the progress of the community is an extremely hard mission. But Facebook page “LGBT Israel,” the Israeli community’s biggest page in social media, has taken up the challenge and throughout the first […]
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of visiting family and friends in Israel. I also participated in the 40th anniversary of Tel Aviv Pride, the largest such celebration in Asia, and an associated global conference sponsored by A Wider Bridge, on whose advisory board I sit, and the Agudah, the Israeli National LGBT Task […]
Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, wife of Israeli Deputy PM/Interior Minister Silvan Shalom, cross-dressed as a man to help bring awareness to Pride Week in Israel. Photo: Walla! News The motto of the Tel Aviv parade this week is: “Everybody is marching with the transgenders.” “The idea of this project is to take top Israeli celebs and […]
The Tel Aviv Municipality has released this year’s official Pride anthem, “Things Can Only Get Better,” a cover version of the massive 1994 European hit. ‘Things Can Only Get Better’, first a hit for British pop act D:Ream, is a co-production of the Tel Aviv Municipality and Tel Aviv’s iconic gay bar Evita, and dubbed […]
Israel’s 20th Knesset was elected a few weeks ago but the forming of the government is still in its final stage. Within the distribution of the ministries and the coordinations of special issues are four members of the Knesset who are great friends of the LGBT community and are appointed to coordinate LGBT issues in the […]