LGBTQ-PHOBIA - STATUS REPORT - IN ISRAEL #9

Encountering the Health and Medical Systems Key arenas for 2021

“About a month ago I went to my family doctor to ask to get tested for a sexual transmitted disease. The doctor started asking me about my sexual orientation and started asking what I do within my relationship. After he finished asking me the questions, he told me that he and the medical world recommend not having sex between men."/ B., from the Judean foothills region. One of the most notable places in which there has been a sharp increase in reporting of LGBTQ phobic cases is in the Israeli medical system, in comparison to less than 2% in 2020.

From the data presented to you, it can be concluded that most of the victims (46%) identify as heterosexual. For the most part, those who point this out identify themselves as part of the trans community, while the second largest figure comes from transgender and cisgender men alike. Segmentation according to sexual orientation About 70% of the reports are from the trans community. This is a very vulnerable population and at the same time, it is important to note that the nature of the transgender community's referrals and harm to them is not necessarily related to the gender adjustment process: a key part of the referrals also addresses the transgender community's sexual preference, which adds another layer to the community members’ vulnerability. Segmentation according to gender

Homosexual 21%

Lesbian13%

Bi/Pan/Poli 13%

Doesn’t define themselves 7%

sexual orientation Segmentation

Hetrosexual 46%

TransgenderWomen 29.5%

CisgenderMen28%

Gender Segmentation

CisgenderWomen 2% Non-Binary/Doesn’t define themselves 11%

TransgenderMen 29.5%