Pride Parade

Jerusalem to add 2015 Pride Parade victim to municipal names registry, memorial site planned

Banki was 15 when she was stabbed during the Jerusalem Pride and Tolerance Parade in 2015. Six other marchers were also wounded in the knife attack carried out by Yishai Schlissel.

|ByEFRAT FORSHER
A person takes a photo of a memorial sign showing the image of Shira Banki, an Israeli teenager who was stabbed during the 2015 Jerusalem Pride Parade, during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade in Jerusalem on June 1, 2023.
People march in the 50th annual Pride Parade in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 30, 2019.

FBI records reveal ISIS terror plot targeting Chicago's 2024 Pride Parade - NBC

The attack was planned in a Discord chat room by a group named "Islamic State of America," NBC reported.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pro-Palestine protesters take part in a protest in front of the City Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 15, 2021.

Ottawa Capital Pride parade canceled after anti-Israel activists blockade route

Anti-Israel activists rain on the Ottawa pride parade, blocking it, and leading to its cancellation in protest of parade organizers refusing to denounce the state of Israel.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Budapest's Mayor Gergely Karacsony speaks during a joint demonstration organised by opposition parties during the celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, in Budapest, Hungary, October 23, 2021.

Budapest mayor says probe of banned Pride march sees him as a 'suspect'

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hungary's capital city on June 28 as a banned Pride march swelled into a mass anti-government demonstration.

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Israelis prepare for Pride Events in shadow of coronavirus: What to know

Find out when and where Pride events will take place across Israel.

JUNE 22, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

How did cancelling LGBTQ+ pride parades impact Israel's economy?

It is estimated that a Pride parade tourist would spend an average of $245 per day spent in Israel, about 140% more than the average tourist.

JUNE 20, 2020ByILANA SHOTOLAND/MAARIV
Tel Aviv Pride Parade kicks off, 2019.

Iraqi leaders Sadr and Amiri bash gay pride flag-raising ceremony

The rainbow flag was raised as part of the International Day Against Homophobia – and immediately resulted in a homophobic backlash in Iraq.

MAY 18, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is seen during the first Gay Pride parade in Skopje, North Macedonia June 29, 2019

Pride parades throughout Israel pushed to end of summer

The parades were postponed until further notice to avoid the spread of the novel COVID-19.

MAY 3, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Participant with Jewish Pride flag walking in the 2017 Tel Aviv Pride Parade

Rabbi Mazuz blames pride parades for coronavirus outbreak

Mazuz has blamed a number of tragedies on pride parades, including the terrorist attack in which Eitam and Naama Henkin were killed in 2015.

MARCH 10, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
Jerusalem pride parade, 2 August 2018.

‘Drag Race’ fans rev engines as Detox, Manila Luzon visit

“We are so happy to come here and celebrate with people who are celebrating drag.”

NOVEMBER 4, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Drag race superstar Detox performs in Tel Aviv along with Manila Luzon in 2019

U.S. Rep. AOC bashes Boston Straight Pride parade on Twitter

"Seems more like a[n] 'I-Struggle-With-Masculinity' parade to me."

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing

Tel Aviv Pride Parade held with 250,000 attendants celebrating LGBTQ

Tourists from far and wide come to celebrate and continue the fight for LGBTQ rights in Israel.

AUGUST 20, 2019BySYDNEY DENNEN
Tel Aviv Pride Parade kicks off, 2019.

Turkish Islamic theologian lashes out at homosexuals and CSD as 'heresy'

Since 1970, there have been Christopher Street Day celebrations across the world to advance LGBT rights and show pride.

JULY 6, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
A riot police, with a rainbow flag in the background, chases LGBT rights activists as they try to gather for a pride parade, which was banned by the governorship, in Istanbul, Turkey

Grapevine July 3, 2019: Changing norms

A roundup of news from around Israel.

JULY 3, 2019ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Governor of New York Andrew Mark Cuomo at the Western Wall Friday June 27 2019