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LGBT rights in Israel
StatusLegal since 1988
Gender identityGender changing legal
MilitaryMandatory Enlistment includes LGBT people serving openly
Discrimination protectionsSexual orientation protection in employment and other services; both sexual orientation and gender identity protections in schools (see below)
Family rights
Recognition of relationshipsUnregistered cohabitation since 1994;
Same-sex marriages performed outside of Israel recognized since 2006, recognition of same-sex unions inside Tel-Aviv Yafo since 2020
RestrictionsLGBTQIA+ people cannot be married to each other in Israel
AdoptionCouples who are the same gender are allowed to adopt children[1]

LGBT rights in Israel are considered the most free in the Middle East.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Even though sex between the same gender has been legalized in 1988, the old law not allowing sodomy has not been enforced since 1963.[8] Israel became the first country to allow unmarried couples to live together without marriage with the same gender. Even though the country does not see marriages of people of the same gender to be valid if done in Israel, it still sees it as valid if done in a different country.[9] Couples of the same gender are allowed to adopt children after a court ruling in 2008.[10] LGBT people are also allowed to fight in the military even if they show their pride about being part of the LGBT community.[11]

Tel Aviv is famous for the Pride parade that happens there every year.[12] It was called "the gay capital of the Middle East" by Out magazine.[13] Users of the website GayCities ranked it as the best gay city in 2011,[14] even though some anti-LGBT violence happened there in the 2000s.[15] The violence was criticized by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres. A monument to the gay victims of the Holocaust was built in Tel Aviv in 2014.[16]

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References

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  1. ↑ "Parents welcome first baby born to gay couple via surrogacy in Israel". Jerusalem Post. 22 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Gay Tel Aviv City Guide". Travel Gay. Gay rights in Israel are the most developed in the Middle East. The country originally inherited British legislation criminalising gay sex but the law was never enforced. The ban was repealed by the Knesset national assembly in 1988.
  3. ↑ "LGBTQ Life in Israel". Union for Reform Judaism. Israel has been called the "gay capital of the Middle East," which is no surprise to many of its supporters who have been touting its outstanding record on gay rights for years. Israel's LGBTQ citizens are afforded all manner of legal rights denied to many even in the Western world, including prohibitions on employment discrimination and civic recognition of marriage equality and adoption by same-sex couples.
  4. ↑ "LGBT Rights in Israel". Jewish Virtual Library. Today, LGBT rights in Israel are considered the most developed in the Middle East. Israel became the first country in Asia to recognize unregistered cohabitation between same-sex couples, making it the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex unions in any capacity.
  5. ↑ "LGBT Rights in Israel". Jewish Virtual Library. Today, LGBT rights in Israel are considered the most developed in the Middle East. Israel became the first country in Asia to recognize unregistered cohabitation between same-sex couples, making it the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex unions in any capacity.
  6. ↑ "LGBT Rights in Israel". Jewish Virtual Library. Today, LGBT rights in Israel are considered the most developed in the Middle East. Israel became the first country in Asia to recognize unregistered cohabitation between same-sex couples, making it the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex unions in any capacity.
  7. ↑ "LGBT+ rights and issues in the Middle East". House of Commons Library. 9 February 2022. Except for Israel, there are no constitutional, employment, or other protections for LGBT+ people.
  8. ↑ "Supreme Court of Israel". Tau.ac.il. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  9. ↑ "Judgement of the Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice". Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Judgement of the Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice". Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Institute, National Defense Research (2010), "The Experience of Foreign Militaries", Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy, An Update of RAND's 1993 Study, RAND Corporation, pp. 275–320, ISBN 978-0-8330-5129-5, JSTOR 10.7249/mg1056osd.18
  12. ↑ Grant, Anthony (2 July 2010). "Dispatch - Gay Tel Aviv". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  13. ↑ Kirchick, James (29 July 2007). "Was Arafat Gay?". Out. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Tel Aviv named 'world's best gay city' for 2011". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  15. ↑ Haaretz Service and News Agencies (1 August 2009). "Two killed in shooting at Tel Aviv gay center". Haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  16. ↑ "Tel Aviv unveils first memorial to gay Holocaust victims". BBC News. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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