10 LGBTQ-Phobia 2022 Report

LGBTQ-Phobia 2022 Report

The Rate of LGBTQ Abuse Out of Overall Maltreatment - by abuse sphere, excluding media and social networks:

IDF institutions 2% Ÿ MErRr EdP fW’NZEb EqRErŹ Religious institutions 2% (yeshivas, synagogues, etc.) fNEb cvdZNZnEbZuZRr 1% Police 1% Public transportation 3%

Public spheres 32% (the street, neighborhood, leisure, and recreation)

Abuse Sphere

Healthcare 5% (hospitals/clinics/HMOs/urgent care)

+qZ{EuR YfcRr 13% (one’s own home or another’s home)

Workplaces 7% (as an employee)

Higher-educational institutions 7%

Public institutions 10% ŸXf{RqdcRduŧ nvMbZN fW’NRrŧ |RbWEqR institutions such as social security, etc.)

Businesses 8%

/NYffb Rd{ZqfdcRdu 9% (elementary to high school)

Education has been an intensely debated topic advocated by the current government. Concerns about the content discussed in higher education and schools have instigated an aspiration for radical changes in Israel. The contention regards various educational institutions and organizations, from kindergarten to higher education. The changes immediately affect LGBTQ youth and students, who are integral to the education system. The education system functions as a vital guiding force, shaping individuals in Israeli society, and biases that stem from this same system inevitably will damage LGBTQ community members’ self-worth in the mid and long term. The highest reported mistreatment rate, 35% of the abuse in physical spheres (excluding media and social networks), transpired in the public sphere (the street, neighborhood, leisure, recreational spaces, and public transportation). One plausible reason for the surge in abuses in the public sphere is that they result from an increase in the volume of violent LGBTQ discourse in the media and social networks over the past year, in addition to various LGBTQ events that triggered intense debate. For example, in May 2022, several conservative and rabbinical organizations ran a crowdfunding campaign for a banquet hall owner who lost a lawsuit after he refused to hold the matrimonial service of an LGBTQ couple. Any such movement sets and encourages legitimacy to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals in businesses and refuse service. Another reason for LGBTQ’s elevated abuse rate in the public sphere is that these maltreatments are the product of organized activity by extremists who are explicitly hostile to the LGBTQ community. Some examples are Knesset member Avi Maoz, the Bocharim BaMishpacha (Choosing the Family) organization, and Rabbi Tao’s various tributaries. These fanatics are preoccupied with mistreatment, aiming to “normalize” the community. These factors produce a well-supported hate system via activists, events, and social media. Other toxic examples are the endeavor to establish student units in academic institutions based solely on the “heteronormative” family and the attempt to delegitimize and exclude LGBTQ lifestyles and family structures.