LGBTQ-PHOBIA STATUS REPORT IN ISRAEL - 2023

2022 LGBTQ-PHOBIA STATUS REPORT IN ISRAEL

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Pansexuals/Polysexuals Asexuals/Aromantics 6%

LGBTQ-phobic Incidents by Sexual Orientation Gay men report incidents in the nvMbZN rnENR Eu E rZXdZ’NEdub~ higher rate than lesbians. Gay men report 56% of the incidents compared to 23% of the incidents reported by lesbian women. !R{RquYRbRrrŧ E rZXdZ’NEdu increase can be seen in reports of harm to cisgender women in the public space, with 26% of reports in 2023 compared to 17% in 2022.

Gays 56%

Hetrosexuals 4%

Bisexuals 11%

Sexual Orientation

LGBTQ-phobic Incidents by Gender Identity 4 *The unique incidents of trans individuals will be broadly addressed in a later separate chapter. Trans individuals report a very high rate of LGBTQ-phobic incidents relative to their proportion in the LGBTQ+ population. While, according to recent estimates, trans individuals make up about 15% of the LGBTQ+ community, nevertheless 54% of the total reports received came from this group. In 2022, trans women constituted 15% of the total reports; in 2023, there was a dramatic increase, and now they make up 27% of the total reports of the entire LGBTQ+ community. Among trans men, E rZXdZ’NEdu ZdNqRErR Zr Ebrf rRRdŧ |ZuY ğĠƝ fW uYR ufuEb qRnfqur Zd ĠĞĠĠ EdP ğħƝ in 2023. Cisgender men (gay men) reported in 2023 twice as much as cisgender women (31% compared to 15%, respectively). Lesbians 23% 5

13% Cisgender woman 15%

Gender Identity

Trans individuals 54%

26% Cisgender men 31%

4 Based on the data of the Aguda's reporting center (not including reports on the internet and in the press/media). 5 Data from of the U.S. Census Bureau, which are also validated in studies conducted at the Israeli Institute for Gender and LGBTQ Studies.