Gay men of israel

Reprinted with permission from The Gully Online Magazine. Politically, legally, and culturally, the community has moved from life at the margins of Israeli society to visibility and growing acceptance. Instead, changes in the values and politics of Israeli society over the past twenty years or so created the space in which a gay and lesbian community could coalesce. The first gay organization was established in , thanks largely to the work of immigrants from the United States and other English-speaking countries influenced by the development of gay liberation and the counterculture of the s.

sexual , and partnership status on the coping strategies and mental health of gay Jewish men in modern Israeli society. Participants were 73 religious and 71 secular gay men recruited via e-mail, social networking sites, and online resources targeting sexual minority men. Participants were assessed via measures of identity conflict, mental health, and coping strategies. Jewish gay men who reported more severe identity conflict also reported using less problem-focused and avoidance coping and more emotion-focused coping strategies and reported poorer mental health than their less identity-conflicted counterparts.

Independence Park, Tel Aviv, is the best-known meeting place for gay men in Israel; Independence Park, Jerusalem, is perhaps the second-best-known; and the hope for independence is the dominant theme of this wide-ranging collection of personal narratives told in the voices of twelve gay men representing a cross-section of contemporary Israeli society. The speakers are Jew and Arab, ranging in age from 22 to They include students and teachers, a waiter, a prostitute, a journalist, and a janitor. They talk about their family backgrounds and early childhood memories, their first stirrings of sexuality and responses to those feelings.

By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Hello, Haifa! Images Courtesy ELSKA Magazine. Elska Magazine , a publication dedicated to sharing the bodies and voices of diverse men from all over the world, has put the spotlight on the gay men of Haifa, Israel for its latest issue, Elska Haifa.