A brief history of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr social movements

Contents:

• GAY PRI
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• IS ISRAEL USG GAY RIGHTS TO EXCE ITS POLICY ON PALTE?

GAY PRI

The claim: Israel is the only untry the Middle East to regnize same-sex marriageAs Amerins celebrate the progrs ma for LGBTQ+ rights durg Pri month, a misleadg claim about gay rights Israel is circulatg onle. “Would like to extend a big thank you to all the untri the Middle East that support gay marriage, ” reads a June 2 tweet wh an image that claims Israel is the only untry the regn to regnize same-sex claim has spread different forms on check:No evince Tim Tebow is wearg No.

Most Middle East untri do not regnize gay marriage at allIsrael’s regnn of same-sex marriag performed abroad distguish om other untri the regn.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Consulate General of Israel Los Angel, accsed June 8, Israel Experience | Gay IsraelCouncil on Foreign Relatns, June 23, Same-Sex Marriage: Global ComparisonsBranni, accsed June 8, Middle EastThe Human Rights Campaign Foundatn, accsed June 8, Marriage Equaly Around the WorldHaaretz, June 21, 2020, Tel Aviv 'Challeng the Government' by Announcg Regnn of Civil PartnershipsThank you for supportg our journalism. On March 22, 1988, the Knset repealed a Brish Mandate-era law banng sex between people of the same genr and thereby legalized homosexualy Israel. Israel never prosecuted anyone unr the law agast sodomy sce the 1963 urt cisn; neverthels, s maximum penalty of 10 years prison created fear the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) muny.

In 1998, the IDF ceased to lk sexual orientatn to secury clearanc and rcd a standg orr that required mandg officers to report gay soldiers for evaluatn. Steer had argued that the benefs are given to live- heterosexual partners and that, acrdg to the Danilowz precent, homosexual partners are equally entled to them.

The Steer cisn was more far-reachg than the Danilowz lg, which alt wh a private ntract; gay rights activists expect the former to have ramifitns for the entire public sector. On the program, part of ETV’s Open Cards seri, homosexual teens and the mother of a homosexual boy told their stori to a teenage dience, followed by qutns and ments om the dience.

IS ISRAEL USG GAY RIGHTS TO EXCE ITS POLICY ON PALTE?

In 1997, the Associatn for Civil Rights Israel (ACRI), joed by the Lbian Femist Communy and the Associatn for the Protectn of Individual Rights of Homosexuals, Lbians, and Bisexuals Israel, petned the High Court to overturn Hammer’s cisn.