LGBTQ+

LGBTQ Agudah faces backlash for congratulating Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana on Likud primary win

"When a community member is elected by a large public, when a community member reaches positions of influence at the core of politics, it sends an important message," the association wrote.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana attends a Likud party conference ahead of the party’s primary elections in the northern city of Haifa, August 16, 2026.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett (R), MK Eitan Ginzburg.

Former Blue and White member MK Eitan Ginzburg joins Naftali Bennett’s B’Yachad party

Tourists and visitors observe and pay respects at a makeshift memorial set in Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg gate, one week after the Christopher Street Day pride parade attack on August 2, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin attack highlights Europe’s shift to individualized, multi-layered terror threats - analysis

Protesters in France hold a sign that reads FEMINISTS AND QUEER PEOPLE STAND WITH GAZA during the 2026 Suburban Pride which took place in Aubervilliers in support of LGBTQ people in working class neighborhoods in June.PremiumPremium

'Queers for Palestine' and the intersectionality trap fueling antisemitism - analysis


Surging LGBTQ enrollment in Jewish seminaries signals ‘astounding’ shift in US rabbinate

“It signals that American progressive Jewish life has evolved to the point where LGBTQ inclusion is a no-brainer.” said Hannah Karpel-Pomerantz

Hannah and Ally Karpel-Pomerantz met as rabbinical school classmates at Hebrew Union College. They are set to be ordained at the end of the school year.

US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right

The conservative majority court voted 6-3 to deny the bid from a former county clerk who went to prison for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Supporters of gay marriage wave the rainbow flag after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry at the Supreme Court in Washington June 26, 2015

Olympic committee moves toward blanket ban on transgender women athletes

The ban is set to come into effect in early 2026, The Times reported.

Laurel Hubbard of Team New Zealand competes during the Weightlifting - Women's 87kg+ Group A on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo International Forum on August 02, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

People gather in Union Square after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning some medical care for transgender youths in New York City, U.S., June 18, 2025.

‘Jewish safety’ isn’t one thing. Let’s stop reducing a million NYers to a single concern - opinion

Discourse on "Jewish safety" in the NYC election is dehumanizing. A queer Jewish woman and JQY director argues that safety includes both fighting hate crimes and the freedom to be one's whole self.

Jewish identity is complex, writes a nonprofit leader.

'Ha'ikar': How two Toronto Jews created a group for those experiencing antisemitism - interview

"After October 7, I was just feeling really angry and lost, and I felt like there was something that could be done,” Weiss told The Jerusalem Post.

Jay Ginsherman and Jacob Weiss, two Toronto natives, co-founded “Ha’ikar,” a discussion group for the Jewish community that focuses on collectively processing antisemitism and Jewish experiences.

Debra Messing to take part in TLVFest

Messing will take part in the festival’s closing event and will speak to the festival’s founder and director, Yair Hochner, about her strong connection to the LGBT community and her activism. 

JENNIFER LOPEZ in ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman.’

In National Book Awards finalist, Jewish trans boy and golem team up to save the world

The novel, which is aimed for middle-grade readers, features a young Jewish transgender boy who teams up with a golem, a creature from Jewish folklore, to save the world from demons.

Kyle Lukoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 04, 2023.

Bodies of three transgender women left on roadside in Pakistan spark demands for justice

The discovery of the bodies came only two days after a transgender woman was wounded in a knife attack.

Members of the transgender community, comfort each other as they mourn the death of their three fellow members, who, according to them were killed by unidentified gunmen, as they gather to condemn and demand justice, during a peaceful protest in Karachi, Pakistan September 24, 2025.

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."

A screenshot from a drone video shows people gathering at the port of Ermoupolis during the departure of two sailing boats, Electra and Oxygen, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, on Syros island, Greece, September 14, 2025.