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LGBTQ+ Playwriting in Israel - The Fifth Wall - Issue Number 18, edited by Nimrod Danishman: what we're actually talking about when discussing "LGBTQ+ playwriting": Why is there still so little lesbian centered theatrical creation? What happens when being gay no longer has to be the central conflict of a play? And why do we even need an LGBTQ+ theater once the largest theaters are also telling our stories?

Why are so many LGBT representations in theater still centered around coming out, acceptance, and homophobia? Playwright Amir Zloter ("Geva Can't Fall in Love") wanted to write a play in which being gay is a non-issue. A play in which gays experience broken hearts, trauma, wars and relocation - in short, other troubles. Then he began to suspect that this desire was the issue

In recent years, LGBTQ representation in culture has been growing, but the female voice is still lagging behind. Why is there still so little lesbian representation on stage? Yuval Koren ("Collective Rage," "A Beautiful View," "Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche"), director and co-founder of Hameshulash (The Triangle) Theater, on the lack of LGBT female content, women's complex relationships with lesbian culture and spaces, and what needs to happen for

A drag musical fills the National Theater, LGBTQ+ stories have entered the repertoire, and the audience is voting with their feet. So why do we still need our own theater? Nimrod Danishman, playwright and co-founder and director of Hameshulash (Triangle) Theater, on the difference between getting a place on stage and owning your own stage.