Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz.com’s Linda Dayan and LGBTQ activist Muhammad Zoabi to discuss a broad spectrum of LGBTQ issues in Israel. How does a gay Muslim deal with multiple and often conflicting identities? What about pinkwashing? What does the new LGBTQ-friendly government mean for the community – in terms of acceptance and legislation? How does the presence of self-professed homophobes in the Knesset affect the community? And how did one ultra-Orthodox family cope with their transgender son?

Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz.com&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.7288552">Linda Dayan</a> and LGBTQ activist <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-lgbtq-arabs-are-done-hiding-1.9938939">Muhammad Zoabi</a> to discuss a broad spectrum of <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-ahead-of-pride-march-israeli-mayor-says-lgbtq-conspire-to-destroy-solidarity-1.9952013">LGBTQ issues </a>in Israel. How does a gay Muslim deal with multiple and often <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-israel-election-the-anti-lgbtq-lawmaker-who-may-help-form-netanyahu-s-coalition-1.9662380">conflicting identities</a>? What about <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/u-s-anti-pinkwashing-activists-don-t-see-lgbtq-israelis-as-real-people-1.7376062">pinkwashing</a>? What does the new <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-tens-of-thousands-expected-for-tel-aviv-pride-parade-1.9938907">LGBTQ-friendly government</a> mean for the community &ndash; in terms of <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-the-do-s-and-don-ts-of-parenting-a-child-who-comes-out-1.9944686">acceptance </a>and <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-israel-election-the-anti-lgbtq-lawmaker-who-may-help-form-netanyahu-s-coalition-1.9662380">legislation</a>? How does the presence of <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-israel-election-the-anti-lgbtq-lawmaker-who-may-help-form-netanyahu-s-coalition-1.9662380">self-professed homophobes</a> in the Knesset affect the community? And how did one <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-what-these-haredi-parents-want-you-to-know-about-life-with-a-transgender-son-1.9937965">ultra-Orthodox family</a> cope with their transgender son?

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

Your audio guide to Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.

Haaretz Podcast

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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