Refernces

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1.  Aguda LGBT-phobia reports: https://user-1723486.cld.bz/aguda-lgbtophobia 

2.  https://www.davar1.co.il/384119/ 

3.   Goldin, S. (2020) Characteristics and Needs of the Trans* Community with Emphasis on Health and Welfare. Tel Aviv Department of Health.

4.  Pizmony-Levy, O. Rogel, A. & Vesnuf-Pilpul, A. (2022). School Climate Survey: The high-school related experiences of Israeli LGBT. Tel Aviv: IGY.

5.  Rogel, A. & Pizmony-Levy, O. (2023). School Climate Survey: School related experiences of Israeli trans students. Tel Aviv: IGY.

6.  https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133782 

7.  https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-717806 

8.  https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-725728 

9.  https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/18/bezalel-smotrich-israel-minister-fascist-homophobe-kan/ 

10.  https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-human-rights-organizations-are-existential-threat-to-israel/

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Additional Materials

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1.  LBGTQ Coalition report on Israel - UPR 4th cycle

2. Summary of the growing anti-LGBT hate in Israel

3. The Israeli Law Professors’ Forum for Democracy - Infringement on LGBTQ Rights as a Result of the Judicial Changes

4. Our statement and presentation for the pre-sessions

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Israeli LBTQI Civil Society Coalition

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Ma’avarim - Israeli Transgender Community is a trans-led NGO, founded in 2014, promoting the rights of trans and gender diverse people in Israel through capacity building, advocacy, and sensitivity-training to service providers. 
Email: policy@maavarim.org | web: www.maavarim.org | Tel: +972584451475

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Gila Project - Transgender for Social Justice is a trans-led NGO, founded in 2011, promoting human rights and social justice for trans and gender-non-conforming individuals through self-empowerment, the exercise of legal rights, and access to resources and opportunities. Email: ceo@gilaproject.org | web: www.gilaproject.org

 

Pride of the Lionesses is a network of families with trans and gender diverse kids, founded in 2016, promoting the rights and wellbeing of transgender and gender diverse children. Email: alliancelioness@gmail.com | web: leviot.org.il  

 

The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel (Ha’Aguda), founded in 1975, is a national volunteer-based NGO promoting equal rights for LGBTQ people and a public climate of acceptance and respect towards the community.  Email: aguda@lgbt.org.il | web: www.lgbt.org.il 

 

Trans Israel NGO was founded in 2018 by transgender women from marginalized communities to empower transgender women through social activities in the Trans Home and advocate for housing and welfare rights. Email: Linor.israeltrans@gmail.com  

 

Hoshen - Education & Change is the education center of the LGBTQ community in Israel, founded in 2004. We conduct workshops on sexual orientation and gender identity, serving as the main provider of LGBTQ-training for the Education Ministry. Email: ceo@hoshen.org.il | web: https://www.hoshen.org 

 

Havruta - a community organization of religiously-inclined LGBT people, founded in 2007, promoting tolerance and acceptance of LGBT people in religious Jewish communities. Email: ceo@havruta.org.il | web: https://havruta.org.il 

 

IGY (Israeli LGBTQ Youth) - the professional organization in Israel dedicated to serving all LGBTQ youth and young adults in the country. IGY works to empower more than 4000 youth and young adults within the formal and informal education systems and local municipalities, creating a meaningful social youth leadership and help design a better community and eventually a better Israeli society.

IGY operates more than 120 groups, youth centers and communities, with the help of 400 volunteers every year. Email: office@igy.org.il | web: https://igy.org.il

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Bat-Kol is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and protecting Queer Jewish women

Bat-Kol was founded about 18 years ago, back in 2005. Today it's a home for over 800 Women of various queer and religious identities.
Bat-Kol has become a leading voice in the Jewish community, providing various educational programs and resources for women of all ages and backgrounds. Every woman has the potential to access her inner wisdom, and we strive to create a supportive community that fosters this growth. Email: tehila@bat-kol.org | web:www.bat-kol.org

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LGBT Sports Club Israel aims to make sport accessible to all LGBT people, by creating social-sports teams for the gay community; and at the same time promoting inclusiveness and acceptance for LGBT people in the world of sports, by means of legislation and education. Email: ceo@isrlgbtsports.club | web: isrlgbtsports.club

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Jerusalem Open House for pride and tolerance is a social change organization operating a community, education & multi-disciplinary care center for the LGBT community. Since 1997 we work to make Jerusalem into a city where everyone is free to be themselves and live their lives and create a liberal, pluralistic Israeli society, with full equality for SOGI minorities.
Email: info@joh.org.il | Web: www.joh.org.il

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LGBTech was founded in 2011 by Shachar Grembek, a tech and social entrepreneur. While coming out of the closet at work, he faced challenges that made him realize that the work environment in Israel has a long way to go. He decided to start a journey to make the workforce more diverse and inclusive for the LGBT+ community. 

we imagine a future where LGBT+ employees are able to bring 100% of themselves to work.We fight for diversity and inclusion for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer (LGTB+) people in the workforce by promoting public policy changes, working hand-in-hand with global and local companies, and supporting our community.

Email: info@lgbtech.com | Web: www.lgbtech.com

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Tehila –  support for parents and family members of the LGBTQ+ community - was established in 1992 by Jonathan Danilovich. Our goal is to assist as many parents as possible. Our vision is to be “the leading, accessible group for empowerment, support, and acceptance, and designed for parents and family members of the LGBTQ+ community. Tehila strives to help them have a meaningful dialogue with their children and thus become a strong and supportive anchor for them. We strive to give them tools to be part of the cultural and social shift in Israel which results in a respectful, just, safe, and egalitarian society. “   

Web: www.tehila.org.il

 

Be'er Sheva Pride House is a home for all LGBT people in Be'er Sheva and the Israeli South, founded in 2000. Email: pridehouse@eretzir.org.il

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The Civil Litigation Clinic at Haifa University, established in 2002, promotes human rights, especially issues concerning poverty and social exclusion, through legal action, advocacy, research and capacity building. Email: hrcl.haifa@gmail.com | web: https://law.haifa.ac.il/2017/11/16/civilclinic 

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