Tag Archive: LGBTQ
Supporting LGBTQ in the ultra-Orthodox Community
Shatil is working with LGBTQ Jews in the Ultra-Orthodox community to help promote LGBTQ rights and tolerance.
Victory For Trans Representation
Israel’s first transgender soccer referee paves the way for greater representation in her field.
Highlighting Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
After incendiary remarks by the Minister of Internal Security, NIF grantee, The Aguda – Israel’s LGBT Task Force launched a social media campaign shedding light on injustices facing LGBTQ in Israel.
Supporting the Arab LGBTQ Community
The Aguda – Israel’s LGBT Task Force set up an Arabic-language counseling hotline for the LGBTQ community.
Israel’s Supreme Court Upholds Surrogacy Rights for Same-Sex Couples
Following a petition by NIF grantee The Aguda – Israel’s LGBT Task Force, the Supreme Court rules that a discriminatory law denying gay men access to surrogacy must be revised.
Saying No to Homophobia
Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance takes a stand against the granting of a prestigious award to a vehemently homophobic Rabbi.
Students, Teachers, and Mayors Mobilize Against Homophobia
Homophobic Israeli Education Minister receives widespread condemnation and protest.
Victory for Transgender Rights in Israeli Prisons
Court orders Israel Prison Service to allow transgender person to undergo treatment and move prisons.
It’s Time for LGBTQ Israelis to Fight for the Rights of All
What do LGBTQ rights have to do with the rights of other minorities? Everything.
Education Minister Forced to Backtrack on Gay Conversion Therapy Comments
Israel’s newly appointed Education Minister Rafi Peretz caused a storm of protest when he said he supported conversion therapy for LGBTQ Israelis.