Webvideo: Miss Trans Israel breaking down barriers
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Sabrina PabstJune 1, 2016
Unlike elsewhere in the Middle East, Israel has mostly liberal laws on sexual identity. While members of the LGBT community are persecuted, or even killed in some places, Tel Aviv stands in sharp contrast to most other places in the Middle East. An Israeli is breaking down barriers by being crowned the winner of the country's first national competition for transgender people.