The ability for same-sex couples to legally adopt a child.

The High Court ruled that same sex couples can adopt in 2008, but in practice priority is given to opposite sex couples. 
 
In 2017, the Court ruled that gay people could not adopt children.

The age of consent in Israel is 16 for male-male, female-female, and male-female sex.

The difference between legal age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex.

From October 2021, gay and bisexual men can donate blood, regardless of when they last had sex. Israel no longer quarantines MSM blood and treats all donors equally, requiring no extra screening beyond the standard process.

The ability for MSMs (men who have sex with men) to donate blood or tissue for organ transplants. A deferral period refers to a waiting time before a man can donate after having sex.

A more complex testing process is in place for MSM donations but you cannot skip this test.

In Israel, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.

Censorship or prohibition of discussing, promoting, or teaching LGBTQ+ topics in media, schools, and in the general public.

Israelis can now change their legal gender without sex-reassignment surgery as ordered by the Supreme Court

Legal recognition of sex reassignment by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate.

Israelis can change their legal gender only after a sex-reassignment surgery.

The Health Ministry banned medical professionals from conducting conversion therapy.

Legal status of conducting sexual orientation changing therapy ("ex-gay" therapy)

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

In 2015, the National Labor Court declared that employees can't be discriminated against based on their gender identity.

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment, including hiring, promotion, termination, harassment, etc.

In 1992, employment 
discrimination on the grounds of sexual 
orientation was outlawed.

Medical and psychological support designed to help individuals transition to the gender they identify with, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and surgeries.

LGBT people regardless of gender are allowed to engage in such acts once old enough according to the law. 
 
In 1953 the police was ordered to refrain from enforcing the law against homosexual acts by the Israeli government. 
 
In 1963 Israel's Highest Court decides that individuals who committed consensual homosexual acts privately couldn't be punished and even before that there are no records of punishments by civilian courts against people who committed consensual homosexual acts privately. 
 
The law was officially repealed by the Knesset ( the Israeli Parliament ) in 1988, but it's enforcement was illegal since 1963 in most cases.

Consensual sexual activity between individuals of the same sex.

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity when applying for housing or discrimination by landlords / property owners.

Medical interventions performed on intersex infants to alter their genital appearance to conform to typical male or female standards, often without the informed consent of the child who is too young to participate in the decision-making process.

In July 2022, the Central District Court declared marriages conducted in Israel through an online civil marriage service established by the U.S. state of Utah, including same-sex unions, as legally valid in Israel. This decision eliminated the necessity for same-sex couples to travel abroad for marriage. The Supreme Court upheld this ruling in 2023, this ruling allowed same sex couples to marry in Israel.

Marriage and marriage recognition between two people of the same biological sex and/or gender identity.

Due to a Supreme Court Ruling, since 1962 Israel must recognize couples that married abroad as legally married even if the marriage didn't fit the legal definition of marriage stablished by Israeli law. In 2006 by a 6-1 decision the Supreme Court decided this applied to same sex couples too.

Israel does not legally recognize same-sex marriage. In Israel, marriage is mostly regulated by religious institutions. However, in 1994 Israel expanded the Legal status of Unregistered Cohabitation to same sex couples, today it works virtually the same way as marriage with a few exceptions. Israel was the first country in Asia to grant such recognition and this legal status is still available to same sex couples.

Homosexuals can serve openly in all branches of the military.

The ability for homosexuals to serve in the military and be open about their sexuality.

The option of identifying as “nonbinary/intersex/gender nonconforming” is not available.

Legal recognition of non-binary, genderqueer, or third gender identities.

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