Congratulations to the Wikimedia Israel board for taking positive action for equality.
Fae -- [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT+ On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 at 08:57, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > A few days ago, the Israeli parliament, with the support of Israeli Prime > Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blocked a legal change on that would have > given the LGBT community the right to become parents. The new law denies > state-supported surrogacy to LGBT couples and single men. > > In response, Israel’s LGBT Task Force called publicly for a strike on > Sunday, "The LGBT community is calling upon you, the LGBT and community > supporters, to join us in a one-day nationwide strike on Sunday, July 22, > Tisha Be’av". > > During the last few days, a huge list of big companies and organizations in > Israel *publicized *their support and joined the strike by allowing their > employees to take a paid day off work to join the nationwide protest. > > This morning, the board of Wikimedia Israel, alongside with other > organizations joined this call and published this announcement: > https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaIL/posts/1716487061739276 > https://twitter.com/WikimediaIL/status/1020214512392302592 > <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaIL/posts/1716487061739276> > > *"Wikimedia Israel supports the just struggle for full equality, led by the > Israeli LGTBQ community.* > > *Equality to every woman and man, regardless of gender, sexual preference, > religion, origin, or disability is a central value in the international > Wikimedia Movement. * > > *The current outcry for the right for parenthood, indiscriminate medical > treatment, and protection against violent statements by public figures > against the LGTBQ community, is a part of the grand and continuous struggle > for full rights and legitimacy to the Israeli LGTBQ community, and we > support them in their struggle."* > > > > *Itzik Edri* > Chairperson > [email protected] > +972-54-5878078 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
