Yoav's on Huffington Post here.  

Ken Mehlman: Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

By Yoav Sivan, Gay City News, September 1, 2010.

ובעברית:  יואב סיון, באתר הבנ"ה
Before I was out of the closet, I was in the closet. I am not the only one, I’ve just realized. Before Ken Mehlman was out of the closet, he, too, was in the closet.
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On Park Avenue
Alef, August 19, 2010.
At almost 90 degrees at noon with 60 percent humidity on a Thursday, one may think the main difference between Manhattan and the Promised Land is that here Jews complain about the weather in Fahrenheit.

There is no better way to see the similarities between the two biggest Jewish communities in the world than observing how their members complain. Luckily God summoned a visit from a Jew from the Promised Land – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – to the Council of Foreign Relations on 68th Street and Park Avenue to help my cause. (read more)

Cecilia and Me
By Yoav Sivan, Gay City News, July 21, 2010.
On a recent flight, I was fortunate enough to share a seat next to Cecilia, a charming elderly woman from Mexico City. Three hours of attempting to impress her with my five words of Spanish proved enough to transform us into intimate travel companions.

No wonder, then, that as I helped Cecilia with her bags at the end of the flight, her motherly instincts got the best of her and she asked me whether I had a girlfriend. (read more)

The Whys and Hows of Pride
By Yoav Sivan, Gay City News, July 8, 2010.
Pride parades are by now part of the official calendar in many corners of the world. When being gay is normative or even cool and when the parades are endorsed by the larger community, what exactly are we proud of? The similarities and differences between two pride parades last month gave me an idea perhaps not about what I’m supposed to be proud of, but of how I can be proud.(read more)

Bias in black and white

By Yoav Sivan, Haaretz (הארץ) April 5, 2009.
Imagine that Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero relied exclusively for his knowledge of Middle East affairs on El Pais, his country's flagship newspaper. During his visit to Israel in January, he might have been bewildered when he arrived in the capital for meetings. What are we doing in Jerusalem, he may have asked. (read more)