10 LGBTQ-Phobia 2022 Report

LGBTQ-Phobia 2022 Report

As part of this trend, 2022’s last quarter showed increased extreme LGBTQ-phobic rhetoric from decision cEaRqrŧ nvMbZN ’XvqRrŧ EdP ZdWbvRdNRqrŬ u uYR MRXZddZdX fW uYZr qRnfquŧ |R dfuRP uYR cfduYb~ PZWWRqRduZEuZfd for LGBTQ-phobic event reporting, which showed that November and December accounted for 25% of the 2022 reports. For example, in November 2022, Knesset member Maoz addressed the Minister of Education, Yifat Shasha Biton, at the assembly and said: “Madam Minister of Education, how would you like me to call you - Madam Minister or Mr. Minister? Has anyone asked parents if they agree that different and strange genders will hassle their children?” Undoubtedly, such statements permeate the public discourse, promote hatred, and exclude community members. Moreover, this behavior inevitably encourages and leads to expressions of verbal and physical violence and various manifestations of discrimination in the public sphere. 1. The Trans Community Sphere “I was walking with another trans friend on the street, we were talking among ourselves, and suddenly someone spoke to us mockingly, saying, boys are not girls! You should not go into women’s restrooms! All we were doing was walking along, minding our own business. We weren’t talking to anyone, just existing Zd fvq f|d rnENRŬ ~ rRbWżNfd’PRdNR Zd rEWRb~ |EbaZdX Pf|d uYR ruqRRu YEr MRRd vdPRqcZdRPƄ Ų 1Ŭŧ rqERbƆr Northern District. LGBTQ-phobia events in the past year provoked the entire LGBTQ community, particularly the trans community. We will demonstrate in this chapter that those on the trans spectrum suffer maltreatment more than cisgenders. This severe vulnerability is reflected in the overall mistreatment of the community, mainly in the healthcare system, schools, and public transportation. As mentioned in the Introduction of this report, more than half of the events registered at the Reporting RduRq Zd ĠĞĠĠ qRbEuR uf uYR cZruqREucRdu fW uYfrR fd uYR uqEdr rnRNuqvcŬ 1YZr ’XvqR Zr nEquZNvbEqb~ |fqq~ZdX considering current estimations that this group constitutes about 15% of the LGBTQ community. 2 This YZXYbZXYur uYEu uYR uqEdrXRdPRq EMvrR qEuR Zr rZXdZ’NEdub~ YZXYRq ŸdREqb~ ġŬģ uZcRr cfqRŹ uYEd uYR qEuZf Zd the overall gay community. Abuse of LGBT Individuals, by Gender Identity: Individuals on the transgender spectrum compared with cisgender men and cisgender women: *Based on data from the Aguda’s Reporting Center (not including overall community gender differentiation)

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Furthermore, when comparing the rate of abuse reportings in the trans community out of total reports in 2021 and 2022, there is an unprecedented increase in transphobic abuse: 34% and 52%, respectively.

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