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- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✖ Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✔ Legal
- Discrimination✔ Illegal
- Employment DiscriminationSexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating Blood✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
Public Opinion
"Should Society Accept Homosexuality?"
Israel ranks #20 out of 39 countries surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June 4, 2013)
(47%) No
Yes (40%)
By The Numbers
79%
of Israelis back gay marriage or civil unions
(Hiddush, 2017)
History
Current status
(since 1988)
(since 1988)
Legal
Current status
(since Feb 2008)
(since Feb 2008)
Legal
Current status
(since 1992)
(since 1992)
Illegal
Maintains religious exemptions.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1992)
(since Jan 1, 1992)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the Human Rights Law.
Current status
(since 1992)
(since 1992)
Legal
Homosexuals can serve openly in all branches of the military.
Current status
(since May 14, 1948)
(since May 14, 1948)
Equal
The age of consent in Israel is 16 for male-male, female-female, and male-female sex.
Current status
Ambiguous
Only in health care. Full criminalization pending.
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