LGBTQ-PHOBIA - STATUS REPORT - IN ISRAEL #9

The Trans Community Areas Key arenas for 2021

"I'm a business owner. My client called me and told me that he had seen articles about me on the Internet and that I was completely crazy. He thinks I conned him because I am trans and believes I’m impersonating a man. He demanded all his money back as well as canceling the deal." / L., central region of Israel. This year the LGBTQ community in general and the trans community in particular, had to deal with various LGBTQ discrimination incidents in both private and public spaces. This arena will address referrals received at The Nir Katz Reporting Center and in particular the number of referrals from the trans community; more than a third of all referrals received by The Reporting Center in 2021 (about 34% of all referrals reported to the Reporting Center) relate to LGBTQ discrimination incidents directed at people from the trans community. This rate of reporting is a 50% increase in the referral rate compared to last year. In the intense influx of inquiries this year, we received an inquiry from A. from Jerusalem, a young transgender man who had a humiliating experience at a branch of a well-known clothing chain store. When he went in the fitting room, a worker humiliated him by claiming that these are fitting rooms

according to sex and not gender, which resulted in A. being forced to leave the store. Segmentation according to geographical areas

It can be seen that the prevailing hypothesis that central Israel is a safe place for the whole community, where members of the trans community would prefer to live due to the relatively limited scope of LGBTQ discrimination and trans-phobia, turns out to be inaccurate. It seems that those who choose to live in central Israel and those who live outside this area, experience similar hardships and similar percentages of LGBTQ discrimination incidents.

Hasharon Region 5.5%

Nation- Wide 12.5%

Jerusalem Region 10.5%

Haifa Region 14%

Be’er Sheva Region 7%

Tel Aviv AreaRegion 50.5%

Segmentation per Locations

As indicated here, the trans community is affected on every level; Both in the private and the public spaces, with the health system being the largest place where the community experiences trans-phobia, while the family is the second largest place of harm. Throughout 2021, members of the LGBTQ community reported incidents of discrimination, exclusion, and violence, presenting a cruel and unbearable reality in public places as well. These events fundamentally impair the possibility of reasonable and fair living conditions thus making it difficult for members of the community to integrate into the Israeli society and contribute to it as an integral part of it.