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The queer Israeli youth taking a stand against pinkwashing
At Pride marches across the country, activists are drawing the ire of police and fellow protesters for decrying the hypocrisy of the government and military.
By
Oren Ziv
June 16, 2023
No more waiting: LGBTQ Israelis must take the rights they deserve
The Israeli government doesn’t believe LGBTQ Israelis should be able to adopt children, yet continues to tell the world what a wonderful place Israel for the queer community. The past few days have been a stark reminder of just how the Israeli government views the LGBTQ community. The Welfare Ministry’s statement calling LGBTQ families “irregulars,” who…
By
Yali (Yael) Marom
July 18, 2017
WATCH: What is Israel really doing for LGBTQ rights?
Much fanfare accompanies the Knesset’s annual LGBTQ rights day. But this year, as last year, the event coincided with a raft of LGBTQ rights legislation being shot down. Read more: Why the struggle for LGBT rights in Israel is far from over Why I interrupted a pro-army LGBTQ event in Tel Aviv Increasing homophobia mars…
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Social TV
March 6, 2017
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Increasing homophobia mars Knesset LGBT day
As the Knesset marks first ever ‘gay community rights day,’ new reports on homophobia in Israel show 80 percent increase in documented homophobic incidents, alarming statistics about levels of violence faced by the LGBT community. The state of LGBT rights in Israel can effectively be summed up in a series of events surrounding the Knesset’s first…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
February 26, 2016
After Abu Khdeir murder, an ugly collision of homophobia and racism
After Mohammed Abu Khdeir was burned to death, many Israeli Jews insisted he died at the hands of Palestinians. They seized on unfounded rumors of his alleged homosexuality rather than facing the truth of the horrible act. By Shaked Spier (Translated from Hebrew by Yossefa Mekyton and Shaked Spier) Alongside the pain, belligerence and anger,…
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Haokets
July 27, 2014
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