Israeli Court Takes Step Forward In LGBTQ+ Family Protection

Similar to the United States, Israel has a long and mixed history struggling with where it stands on LGBTQ+ rights and families.

Excerpt - “Being LGBTQ+ parents and being parents of differing citizenship can each present significant legal risks for a family. Combine the two, and a number of cases have emerged where questionable interpretations of federal statutes have placed families in terrible positions. At times, this has resulted in governments not recognizing the parent-child relationship between one or more of the parents and the child, or denying a child citizenship. Probably the most famous U.S. example of this is the Dvash-Banks case where a child’s twin brother was granted U.S. citizenship, while he was denied.”

Ellen Trachman is the Managing Attorney of Trachman Law Center, LLC, and a regular contributor to the ‘Above the Law’ platform.