10 LGBTQ-Phobia 2022 Report

LGBTQ-Phobia 2022 Report

Children on the Trans Spectrum 1YR EMvrR uf|EqPr NYZbPqRd fd uYR uqEdr rnRNuqvc Zr rZXdZ’NEdub~ YZXYRq uYEd Zd uYR 1- community. For example, we received a report of a trans child who broke his hand in a game and went to the ER. When the medical staff saw the name on his ID and realized that the gender form was different from what the patient requested to be referred to, they referred to him according to his ID and not his request. The boy was deeply affected by the medical staff’s treatment despite the repeated requests and refused the medical treatment. Children on the trans spectrum in school environments in Israel are a “captive audience” since they are legally obliged to be present in the school setting. As a result, many children and teenagers are compelled to experience verbal abuse, physical violence, and discrimination by other students and, at times, even by the school staff - without the ability to disengage from the perpetrators. Those LGBTQ students must continue to go to school every day without receiving support from school staff, while some of them also endure intolerance and rejection at home. The fact that the children lack LGBTQ sources of support (for example, not all schools obtain Hoshen or IGY uqEZdZdX fq EdfuYRq 1-żqRbEuRP NfENYZdXŹ ZduRdrZ’Rr uYRZq ruqvXXbR EdP NYEbbRdXRrŬ u NqREuRr a biased reality and lack of a safe and inclusive space, with questions and dilemmas regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Moreover, when the Noam organization was founded in 2019, its activists made it their mission to remove tolerance education from schools, and they still promote that endeavor. Since the rise of the current government, there have been efforts to change the content of the Gefen program. This year, it was announced that Avi Maoz would be handed the authority to manage the Ministry of Education’s external content; unfortunately, these are the actions of our leadership. 1YR NvqqRdu uqRdPr Zd uYR RPvNEuZfd r~ruRc Ebrf cEaR Zu PZW’Nvbu Wfq nqZdNZnEbr uf qRpvRru ufbRqEdNR education content, thereby establishing a safe space for youth. All this creates vast gaps among schools, and a migration of students between schools, particularly children on the trans spectrum, hoping that the teaching staff there will be more supportive. In addition, the decision to remove a NYZbP Wqfc rNYffb Zd Z{Eu /YcvRb PRcfdruqEuRr uYEu ZdZruq~ fW PvNEuZfd fW’NZEbr EbuRqRP uYRZq position with the rise of the current government. In many cases, children are forced to drop out of school. The education system does not adequately distinguish between sexuality and gender and thus does not provide a safe space for them in their schools. The result is an inequality of opportunities for children on the trans spectrum and a harmful impact on their social, emotional, and cognitive development. LGBTQ-Phobic Maltreatment Towards the Transgender Community by Geographic Region 42% of the maltreatment towards those on the trans spectrum has occurred in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. The likely reason is that in the central region, there are more support options for the transgender community, which leads to the application of resources (social, medical, occupational, therapeutic) and attracts more transgender people to reside there. This establishes more interpersonal encounters in businesses and might cause an increase in potential LGBTQ phobic abuse. In addition, children on the trans spectrum frequent the central region, especially Tel Aviv, to feel a sense of belonging and self-expression. However, their visibility leads to friction with the public and increases the abuse towards them.

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9%

13%

22%

42%

Sharon Plain and surrounding areas

Be’er Sheva and surrounding areas

Jerusalem and surrounding areas (Judea and Samaria and the occupied territories)

Haifa, the Northern region, and surrounding areas

Tel Aviv metropolitan area