Yoav's columns and book and art reviews have appeared in American, Israeli and European publications in Hebrew, English, French and Spanish, including Haaretz, the Jerusalem Post, the Guardian, The Gay & Lesbian Review, the Jewish Chronicle in London and Gay City News in New York. He worked as a staff member for two members of the Knesset, and served on the Boards of the Jerusalem Open House, the Aguda (Israel's LGBT Association), and the World Jewish Congress in Israel. Yoav was on the Jewish Week's 2010 list of 36 under 36, the newspaper's list of emerging leaders.