10 LGBTQ-Phobia 2022 Report

LGBTQ-Phobia 2022 Report

Introduction Since 2012, The Aguda - The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel has been operating the LGBTQ Reporting Center as the central platform in Israel for monitoring and handling discrimination, abuse, and hate against community members nationwide. The Aguda’s continuous endeavors in various arenas have provided the Reporting Center with the ability to process LGBTQ events, both large and small, and manage and accompany incidents and victims of LGBTQ-phobic abuse throughout the country, from Upper Galilee to Eilat. The following report exhibits LGBTQ abuse in 2022, as conveyed to the Aguda’s Reporting Center and other community organizations. The report’s data is compiled from the following sources: The Aguda’s Reporting Center, the Cyberbullying Department, community organizations, private psychosocial healthcare providers, HaGag HaVarode, Beit Dror, Avnei Derech, Kalai-Rosen & Co. Advocates, the Trans Ma'avarim Organization, and Youth Safehouses for trans-spectrum individuals. The following analysis is based on overall reports admitted at the Aguda’s Reporting Center (and not on reports from other sources) since the Reporting Center provided us with detailed data concerning the various aspects of the abuse cases. Total LGBTQ abuse reports this year: 3,309 compared to 2021, in line with the continuous rise in the number of reports of LGBTQ abuse directed at members of the LGBTQ community. Total LGBTQ-phobic cases reported between 2018-2022:

3,309 Cases

2,971 Cases

2,696 Cases

2,125 Cases 1,557 Cases

It is essential to point out that the report’s data reflects only the events registered at the Reporting Center and from other community sources. It is likely that it does not represent the total number of abuses that occurred in LGBTQs’ daily lives, as only a fraction of events is