Isreali policy of gays

The gay men of Haifa, Israel steam up the latest edition of Elska Magazine , an independent queer culture and lifestyle publication. This article contains images that may be considered not suitable for work. Previous issues of the magazine have featured pictorials shot in Lisbon, Portugal ; Mumbai, India ; and Yokohama, Japan. The result is a page issue featuring 16 local men of varying ages, body types and stages of undress.

LGB service by country. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer LGBTQ personnel are able to serve in the armed forces of some countries around the world: the vast majority of industrialized, Western countries, including some Latin American countries such as Brazil and Chile , [1] [2] in addition to South Africa , and Israel. This keeps pace with the latest global figures on acceptance of homosexuality, which suggest that acceptance of LGBTQ communities is becoming more widespread only in secular, affluent countries. However, an accepting policy toward gay and lesbian soldiers does not invariably guarantee that LGBTQ citizens are immune to discrimination in that particular society.

An Israeli soldier takes part in Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride parade. Viewed from Israel, the continuing witch hunt against gays and lesbians in the U. I have studied and written about the experience of gay soldiers in elite combat units of the Israel Defense Forces, where restrictions on gay enlistment were lifted in , the same year the United States introduced the "don't ask, don't tell" policy requiring gay and lesbian service members to say in the closet or risk being discharged. There has never been any suggestion that the participation of these men has hindered the performance of Israeli combat units. The United States and Turkey are now the only NATO military powers that do not allow gays to serve openly, but Israel and other countries have shown that the participation of gay soldiers in combat units presents no risk for military effectiveness.

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