
The LGBTQ+ NGOs
Coalition in Israel
The Coalition is a deep partnership between organizations working to advance equality, welfare, and safety for the LGBTQ+ community in Israel. Built on a shared commitment to the community, it brings these organizations together to shape a joint agenda and create the infrastructure for collaborative work in areas where their missions overlap. Through the Coalition, LGBTQ+ organizations share a joint lobbyist working within the Knesset to advance the community's agenda at the public policy level.
The Organizations

IGY - Israeli Gay Youth
Founded in 2001 and formally recognized by Israel’s Ministry of Education, IGY operates numerous groups, hubs, and clubs across roughly 45 municipalities from Kiryat Shmona in the north to Eilat in the south, serving about 4,000 youth aged 12–23, supported by more than 400 volunteers.

Hoshen
Israel’s leading LGBTQ educational organization dedicated to promoting tolerance, combating homophobia and transphobia, and training professionals in LGBTQ-inclusive practices. Hoshen engages a wide range of audiences, including students, teachers, healthcare workers, business professionals, and security forces. Over recent years, its activities have reached about 100,000 participants annually.

Havruta
Serves LGBTQ persons from religious, Haredi, and traditional backgrounds, striving to build a religiously engaged LGBTQ community and encourage the integration of LGBTQ people into religious society.

Gila Trans Empowerment Project
Established in 2011 as a space for trans empowerment, advocacy, and policy change, with a special focus on trans individuals in the social, economic, and geographical periphery. It offers training for professionals, legal assistance, and individual guidance.

Bat-Kol
Israel’s only organization dedicated specifically to religious women who identify as lesbians or otherwise LGBTQ. It serves as a home and community, advocating for women’s voices within both the LGBTQ community and religious society at large.

Ma’avarim – Israeli Trans Community
This nonprofit strengthens trans individuals through knowledge and resources, working to make accurate information available to trans people, their families, and professionals. It also promotes local activism and public policy favourable to diverse gender identities.

Tel Aviv LGBTQ Center
A central hub and umbrella organizer for national LGBTQ activities, the Community Center fosters community-building processes and meets the needs of numerous unregistered groups. Its services include social and therapeutic groups, cultural events, elder-support programs, trans employment mentoring, and an LGBTQ health clinic.

Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance
A social-change organization running a multidisciplinary community, treatment, and educational center. Its mission is to make Jerusalem a place where everyone can freely be themselves and to build a liberal, pluralistic society committed to full equality for the LGBTQ community.

Be’er Sheva's LGBTQ Home
Israel’s only organization dedicated specifically to religious women who identify as lesbians or otherwise LGBTQ. It serves as a home and community, advocating for women’s voices within both the LGBTQ community and religious society at large.

Brit HaLeviot
An organization of families of transgender and gender-diverse children and youth. The organization’s goal is to promote support and affirmation of transgender children within families, institutional settings, and Israeli society as a whole, thereby ensuring their well-being.

LGBTtech
Promotes inclusion and diversity in Israel’s workplace for the LGBTQ community. Its mission is to ensure that employers in all industries have the expertise and tools to meet the specific employment needs of LGBTQ individuals.

Trans Israel
A nonprofit dedicated to supporting trans individuals engaged in or affected by sex work, aiming to amplify their voices in public, social, and legal discourse. Its flagship initiative is The First Trans House in Israel, a protected and supportive space for the trans community.

Shoval
A public-education organization promoting the acceptance of LGBTQ people in religious society. Shoval provides outreach programs in yeshivas, seminaries, pre-military academies, and religious communities.

The Israeli AIDS Task Force
The oldest and most prominent organization addressing HIV/AIDS in Israel. It operates education and awareness programs, psychosocial support for people living with HIV, and policy advocacy. The Task Force runs a hotline and testing centers for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

Tehila
Offers emotional and social support for parents and family members of LGBTQ individuals throughout Israel, including religious-focused groups and separate groups for parents of trans children. Tehila also conducts outreach, sharing personal stories to foster greater acceptance across the country.

Beit HaKehilot
A municipal center for LGBTQ communities in Haifa and the north, providing a welcoming and safe environment. It focuses on developing a thriving LGBTQ community by fostering culture, strengthening communal bonds, and creating diverse, relevant services.

OTOT Association
Part of the OTOT Association’s nationwide network of out-of-home programs for at-risk youth. OTOT runs group homes, shelters, and transitional programs specifically designed for LGBTQ young people, including Beit Dror, an emergency shelter for LGBTQ youth, The Pink Roof for young adults, specialized long-term housing, and supportive living for trans youth.


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