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As anti-LGBTQ laws spread, these Jewish nonprofits are funding moves to safer states
So far, 29 applications have been approved, representing 56 people across households in 12 states, and $274,500 in loans have been disbursed.
Four day pride festival to be held at Dead Sea, largest in history of Middle East
US Supreme Court rejects Colorado's ban on LGBT 'conversion' talk therapy
Trump says he was told Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay, spotlighting Iran’s brutal anti-gay persecution
US judge will block attempt to restrict gender affirming care to minors after lawsuit
US District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai in Eugene, Oregon, said at a hearing that he would grant a summary judgment motion in a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general from 19 states and Washington DC.
Gay rights activist arrested in London for 'Globalize the intifada' sign
Tatchell’s arrest comes weeks after the police in London announced that they would arrest pro-Palestinian protesters who chant “globalize the intifada.”
Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key - opinion
Belonging is not declared. It is rebuilt and demonstrated, slowly, through consistency, humility, and courage. If the movement is willing to do that work, genuine repair is possible.
Kennedy seeks to cut US children's access to gender-affirming care
Kennedy proposed rules barring hospitals that provide such care from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs and prohibiting Medicaid from paying for it.
Carrie Soloway, inspiration for trailblazing trans Jewish protagonist of ‘Transparent,’ dies at 88
Carrie Soloway was an icon to the trans community, inspiring a TV show that blazed a path for modern LGBTQ Jews exploring their identity.
Same-sex marriages to be recognized throughout the EU, court rules
The EU court says Poland has been wrong not to refuse to recognise a same sex marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.
US Supreme Court allows Trump's passport policy targeting transgender people
The administration's policy reverses decades of practice at the US State Department, which had permitted passport sex designations to differ from sex assigned at birth with medical documentation.
Additional Gaza flotilla rift revealed: Schism over LGBTQ+ activists on ships
Saif Ayadi: "The Zionist lobby uses propaganda around our queer identities to attack the flotilla, break its unity, and discredit it."
'Allah is lesbian' shirt sees feminist jailed for 30 months in Morocco, courts cite harm to Islam
Ibtissame Lachgarwas also ordered to pay a fine of 50,000 Moroccan dirhams (approximately $5,500).
Burkina Faso to criminalize same-sex relations, 'promotion' of 'LGBTQ practices'
Burkina Faso’s parliament approved a bill criminalizing same-sex relations with prison terms and fines, awaiting junta leader Ibrahim Traoré’s signature.