2018 Israeli LGBT strike

During the strike, which was held on the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av, many organizations and companies allowed their employees to be absent to participate in the protest.

Protest events that were held across the country, including in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Jerusalem, Haifa, Be'er Sheba, Ra'anana and other cities.

[5] Other pressing issues during that time were several lesbian couples who are fighting for the state's recognition of their joint parenthood, and in at least one case that went public, 2 women found out that they were unilaterally removed as the second parents from their children's birth certificates.

After receiving public pressure, welfare minister Haim Katz announced that he planned to change the ministry's stance on the issue.

Many Israeli companies and workers unions announced that they would allow their employees to strike in order to attend the protests, without risking their jobs or deducting their pay.

The march ended in the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, a location known as a center of prostitution, and was attended by around 6000 people, making it the largest transgender demonstration in Israel, to date.

The strike day, along with its demonstrations and protests against anti-LGBT discrimination and violence, culminated in a rally in Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv.

The rally was hosted by TV presenters Lucy Aharish and Nadav Borenstein, and among the speakers were former parliament member and longtime human rights activist Yael Dayan, actress Orna Banai, and Orly and Ravit Weiselberg-Tzur, who were to appear in front of the Supreme Court the next day in their case pleading to register both of them as their son's parents.

Many artists also performed at the rally, like Rita, Dana International, Ilay Botner, Ran Danker, Korin Alal, Rona Kenan and others.