#efrat tilma

[nonbinaryjudean]

(Jewish) pride month day 8: Efrat Tilma

Efrat Tilma is an Israeli trans activist, policewoman, and writer. She has helped to bring attention to and correct the mistreatment of transgender people by the police. A play based on her autobiography, "Made He a Woman", has been performed at the national theater of Israel. A documentary was recently made about her life, titled "The First Lady", was part of the 2026 New York Jewish Film Festival. In 2022, she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women of the year.

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[yourdailyqueer]

Efrat Tilma

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: N/A

DOB: 10 September 1947

Ethnicity: Israeli

Occupation: Activist, civil servant, beauty pageant judge, public speaker

Note: One of the first openly trans women in Israel and the first trans woman to volunteer in the Israeli police. Was the first trans woman to receive an honorary citizenship from the City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa

[awiderbridgeorg]

First Transgender Woman in the Israeli Police: The Story of Efrat Tilma

As a young and different teenage boy she was constantly chased by the Israeli Police. Decades later, Efrat Tilma made a trailblazing step, and turned into the first transgender woman on the police force.

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