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Gays On
The Screen
NECHEMIA MEYERS
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Israel's homosexuals and les-
bians now have their own TV
program, and the Orthodox,
who regard homosexuality as an
abomination, are hopping mad.
Shlomo Benezri, a prominent
Shas Knesset Member, is unim-
pressed by the fact that psychi-
atrists no longer define
homosexuality as a disease; he
does. Mr. Benezri claims to have
personally cured a number of
homosexuals and lesbians of
their affliction and suggests that
more cures could be effected if
funds were allocated for that
purpose.
Meanwhile, he stridently op-
poses the gay TV show because
it may persuade impressionable
young people to become "de-
viants." Shas, he declares, will
call on the Government to ban
the program, perhaps even
threatening to vote against Mr.
Netanyahu should he fail to ac-
cept their demand.
A new show about
gay life in Israel
marks
unprecedented
visibility for Israeli
homosexuals.
▪
Israeli gays were allocated
their own weekly slot on public-
access television after the Cable
TV Council decided that their
organization — The Society to
Protect the Rights of the Indi-
vidual — represented a signifi-
cant segment of the community.
The Council even provided a
small sum of money to help cov-
er production costs, though most
of the necessary funds for mak-
ing the programs came from gay
donors.
The first two telecasts,
screened in October, were de-
voted to an analysis of how the
current political situation affects
homosexuals and lesbians and
to the raising of children by
same-sex couples.
Other topics on the agenda
include, among other things, the
question of "coming out of the
closet" and the economic clout
of gays.
If the early programs are any
indication, the new show will be
anything but sensational. The
topics it treats have long ago
been discussed by the media
and the way they are presented
— mostly by use of talking
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