Who's Fighting the Trans Community and Why It Should Concern Us All?
Sun, Jan 26
|Zoom
This lecture will examine the driving forces fueling transphobic discourse in Israel and abroad, its social and political impact, and potential countermeasures.
Time & Location
Jan 26, 2025, 8:00 PM – Jan 27, 2025, 9:30 PM
Zoom
About the Event
Join Gila Project for Trans Empowerment ("Transgenders for Social Justice") and This is Not an Ulpan on January 26th for an online lecture and discussion: Who's Fighting the Trans Community and Why It Should Concern Us All?
The conservative right has weaponized the transgender community, using it as a tool to stoke division, fear, and chaos. States and communities worldwide are embroiled in heated political battles over trans issues. Russia has gone so far as to effectively outlaw transgender people, and numerous countries have swiftly passed anti-trans legislation. Even the established liberal feminist movement has struggled to navigate the issue.
Israel, too, has imported increasingly transphobic rhetoric, positioning the transgender community as a symbol of progressive and human rights-centered movements.
But how did the American conservative right gain such a hold on Israeli politics? How do those ideas translate to the realities of trans people in Israel? What role do…