LGBT

A tale of two marches: LGBTQ Jews face cheers, heckles at NYC Pride

For many attendees Sunday, the Jew York Pride contingent offered a rare opportunity to celebrate both their LGBTQ and Jewish identities without feeling forced to choose between them.

The "Jew York Pride" group marches in the New York City Pride March on June 28, 2026.
Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 2026

Record of leading Israeli companies in LGBT equality

ISRAELI DRAG QUEEN Nona Chalant: Ultimate bridge.

Music's hidden message: Israeli drag queen and exiled Iranian singer send a message of freedom

ISRAEL SECURITY Agency (Shin Bet) Director David Zini arrives to a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 20, 2026, as Israel commemorates its fallen soldiers and victims of terror.

Zini cancels Shin Bet Pride event, slashes budget for all LGBT programming - report


Turkish outlet links Chabad to Mossad, LGBT support in Northern Cyprus

The Milli Gazete report alleges, "Chabad commits many crimes. They launder money and leak information to Mossad. They decipher all military points. They buy land from near military areas."

Chabad emissaries (shluchim) attending their annual international conference at Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn in November 2019.

Canada, citing potential dangers, warns LGBT travelers of US risks

Anti-LGBT demonstrations in the United States last year rocketed 30-fold compared with 2017 and legal moves to restrict LGBT rights are on the rise.

Supporters of the LGBTQIA+ community gathered for the Don't Drag Us Down protest at the State House in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. May 5, 2023.

Israeli transgender woman dies in London, friends working to bring her home

Trans rights activists argued that the Foreign Ministry was not aiding in efforts to bring the woman home.

The Transgender Pride Flag flies on the Foreign Office building in London on Transgender Day of Remembrance, 20 November 2017.

Israeli man indicted for hiring hitman to ‘honor kill’ lesbian sister

Sarit, an 18-year-old girl from the Druze town of Kisra-Sumei, was threatened for years before her murder due to her sexual orientation. 

A social media photo of Sarit Ahmad, who was killed at the age of 18.

Catholic students asked to behave 'consistent with their biological sex'

The controversial new policy enforces students using their pronouns assigned at birth and their birth names and forbids same-sex relationships.

 AN EMPTY classroom in an east Jerusalem school, closed in protest at ‘Israeli censorship’ of PA-autorized school textbooks, last year.

Pamphlets blaming Holocaust on LGBT people appear for 2nd time in a week

Thousands of men were sent to concentration camps as "homosexual offenders" during the Holocaust.

The LGBT community marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, Meir Park in Tel Aviv, on May 1, 2019

Woman murdered after hanging LGBTQ flag at her store

A woman and community leader from Cedar Glen, California was murdered at her store by a man who took issue with her having an LGBTQ pride flag.

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

US teacher fired after reading book on gender identity to 5th grade class

The 33-year-old teacher had asked the students to write a poem about their own identity after reading the book.

 CLASSROOM SHORTAGE: Ongoing problem.

Man assaulted in Rehovot in suspected LGBTQ-phobic attack

The attack is the second anti-LGBTQ assault reported in Rehovot in the past month.

 LGBTQ+ protest in Rehovot. July 2023

NGOs file fresh petition against reasonableness standard

Immediately following the passing of the amendment, anti-reformists filed a barrage of petitions calling for the striking of the law.

 YULI EDELSTEIN talks to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during the Knesset vote on the reasonableness standard last week.