Study Reports Complaints Of Harm To LGBTQ+ Increased 11 Percent
- Al Ferguson
- March 30, 2023
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According to the annual report by The Aguda – Israel’s LGBTQ+ Task Force, the number of complaints of harm to members of the LGBTQ +community rose by 11 percent last year. In 2022, the Task Force received 3,309 complaints of harm to the LGBTQ+ community compared to 2,971 in 2021. The number of complaints peaked in June, which is Pride Month.
Twenty-five percent of the complaints were received in November and December, after the Knesset election and the establishment of the new right-wing government. The number of reports of LGBTQ-phobia in the public sphere as well as reports of discrimination by businesses also rose significantly.
The report is based on self-reporting to the Aguda hotline, with some complaints filed by phone and others online. The report was written in cooperation with the Israeli Institute for Gender and LGBTQ+ Studies, headed by Dr. Sigal Goldin.
About half the complaints, 51 percent, concerned harm to the LGBTQ+ community in the media and social media, and the rest, 49 percent, concerned incidents on the level of personal interactions – some in schools and the public space. Thirty-five percent of the incidents took place in the public sphere – on the street, in recreational spaces, or on public transport.
The report says that the high percentage of incidents in the public sphere may be the result of an increase in LGBTQ+ phobic comments in public discourse over the last year.
- Tags: Business, Discrimination, Israel, LGBTQ Rights, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Task Force, Pride, Research Study, School, Sport
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