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Expands to the Diaspora: The LGBT Association is looking for "ambassadors"
The association will work to locate activists in 30 different countries, in order to expand the proud struggle beyond Israel's borders.
According to them, the project is intended to create safe spaces for LGBT people around the world. "A bridge between the proud community in Israel and Jewish proud communities around the world."
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Maya Horodnichano
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 14:00 Updated: 15:21
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Association for LGBT announced today (Thursday) that will raise "ambassadors" Jewish communities around the world to advance the cause of gay and establish a global network. Society intend to locate active in 30 countries to promote projects of information and activities related to local Jewish communities.
Up Thus, the association's activities focused on the struggle for rights in Israel, while the new project was intended to create safe spaces for LGBTs around the world, as well as to create a "bridge between the proud community in Israel and Jewish proud communities around the world."
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Expanding their activities beyond Israel.
LGBT demonstration in Tel Aviv, last year (Photo: Boaz Efrat)
In addition, another goal of the project is to help LGBT immigrants coming to Israel to integrate and get to know the proud community. The association mentions that the immigrants were a key factor in founding and leading the issue 45 years ago, when it was founded. He immigrated to Israel from the United States in 1968, according to the Jewish Agency, after initially refusing to bring him in as a new immigrant because he was gay. The activists organized various activities, mostly in secret, until in 1979 a LGBT demonstration was held in Israel. "In Jews.
" This is a groundbreaking and significant project in our struggle for equal rights.
This is an exciting closing circle of the proud community in Israel with Diaspora Jewry, from which many people grew who founded the proud struggle in Israel and allowed many and many of us to live our lives in our identity, "says the chairman of the LGBT Association, Hila Peer. "The struggle for equality is a struggle across continents, countries and sectors.
The ambassadors will help build a bridge and a direct interface of the community in the country with LGBTs around the world so that everyone can be who they are everywhere. "
The association decided to open a digital archive.
A sign commemorating the Pride event hung at the US Embassy in Jerusalem this year
Since a large part of the founding generation is disappearing, the association is also working to establish a digital archive that will include testimonies and information about the struggle over the years in Israel.
To this end, the association has launched a crowdfunding project.
According to them, today most of the information is found in the members of the community in their homes, and the preserved documents and documentation are not accessible to the general public.
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