.jpg) | Yair Qedar is an Israeli author, journalist, editor and filmmaker. He started various media projects in Israel, in the fields of culture, specifically Hebrew literature, and in the GLBT community. He was founding editor of Pink Time, Israel's first Gay, lesbian and transgender Newspaper, writes in various publications, such as Haaretz, Yedioth Ahronoth, Masa Acher, and is recipient of various journalistic prizes, including winner of the B'nai B'rith World Center Award for Journalism in 2003, and Euromed Heritage Journalistic Award in 2005 and 2006.
In the 1990s, he was a founder of GLBT studies and Queer theory. He edited the first gay theatre show in Israel in 1994, edited "Beyond Sexuality", an anthology of Gay & Lesbian studies, established 'Pink Time', HaZman Havarod, the community's newspaper, and more. Recently, he found the Rainbow Families organization in Israel, aimed at promoting the rights, understanding and position of GLBT families in the country. Join Yair Qedar after his film Gay Days. |
"Israel is one of the most complicated countries in the world. It generates conflicts and draws attention, discomfort and debate. Still, in this troubled country thrives a vivid, giant, lively GLBT community with great representation, culture, protection from the law and a long line of broken closets. Why is it so? My film GAY DAYS is the Chronicles of this hi/he/she/story. It shows how a small group of people took it upon itself to change an entire society - facing ridicule, hatred, homophobia - but still not giving up. Believing that GLBT rights - as part of human rights - and not part of a debate, can never be partial - but are necessary and a must. It's a story with a happy end - but it's not just a story or a film - it's the lives of many. And it's s story that is relevant to all societies and cultures of our time."
Yair Qedar |
