When I had to use the bathroom at the accountant’s office, the Ladies’ Room was busy, so I went elsewhere.  But when I left the Men’s Room, I was met with questioning looks, so I said, “It’s all right, I’m trans.”  The accountant smiled.

I would not be surprised if his reaction and mine was first conceived with the rise of the trans singer Dana International.  She is probably the one who ‘normalized’ transgender behavior by treating her own gender independence with bravery and defiance. And she won the Eurovision contest with a song about great women.

She is also one of the first who pointed out to LGBTQ communities around the world that Israel is a more positive environment for them than a radical religious country.  

And she won my heart again when after hearing a religious woman describe her son’t pride in being in the army she expressed her thoughts about how soldiers really feel. “Not everyone is happy on the front, and not everyone feels like a lion. There’s no such thing as ‘a nation of lions.’ War is terrifying,” 

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-09/ty-article/.premium/not-everyone-feels-like-a-lion-famous-israeli-singer-shatters-the-wars-illusions-on-tv/00000197-ef6e-d963-addf-ef6f7dd60000