Being Transgender Is a Mental Disorder, Israeli Insurance Company Says
When a transgender man asked the Ayalon Insurance company to refund his mastectomy, he was told his policy does not cover mental disorders or psychiatric treatments
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Opinion The Child's Best Interests or anti-LGBT Hatred?
Before they are seen as regular people who can nonchalantly feature in the family snapshot, the state will put up 1,001 obstacles to prevent them from starting families
IN PHOTOS: Haifa Holds Largest-ever Gay Pride Parade in City's History
The parade in the northern Israeli city was held this year in honor of senior members of the LGBT community
Israel Recognized Lesbian Couples as Mothers. Now It Says It Was a Mistake
Lesbian mothers were surprised to discover that the state deleted the non-biological parent from the document
This Lesbian Couple Fears for Their Twins' Lives. But Israel Worries About the Paperwork
A court saved Smadar and Hadas Peker-Nir a bureaucratic hassle; one might have thought a surrogacy arrangement within a couple was a sure thing
What Israelis Can Learn From Turkish LGBT Activists, and Vice Versa
LGBT activists from Turkey arrive in Tel Aviv to share ideas and soak up the energy
Opinion Learning From the Pride Parade
It must inspire to set the agenda with respect to the struggle for absolute equality between men and women, against exclusion of women in the public space and against gender segregation
Opinion Being Gay Is Passé
Given the array of new gender labels, it’s clear that regular gays are considered pretty straight
Tel Aviv Pride Parade: Without These Defiant Drag Queens There Would Be No Tel Aviv Gay Pride Today
This Friday's annual parade is taking place thanks to the audacity of a group of drag queens. Twenty years later, they were asked to be the emcees of Wigstock 2018
IN PHOTOS Thousands Attend Central Israeli City of Kfar Sava's First Gay Pride Parade
Police initially set different terms for the parade's execution, which included setting up 2-meter tall fences because of the 'sensitivity' of the event. Following a High Court appeal by organizers, the demands were withdrawn