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Added on: 03/08/2021

Israeli Right-Wing Parties Court Gay Votes

03/07/2021

With Israel’s next election just three weeks away, the various parties are looking for new sources of votes in order to avoid the kind of political deadlock…

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Added on: 02/24/2021

Homophobia soared in Israel amid coronavirus lockdowns

02/23/2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Homophobia and transphobia surged by 27% in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic, as lockdowns trapped gay and transgender people at home with…

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Added on: 02/23/2021

Netanyahu, long a supporter of LGBTQ rights, courts homophobes and racists in bid to cling to power

02/22/2021

Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN)On the smorgasbord of Israeli politics there’s a democratic advantage in offering something for everyone. But when elections here are finely balanced, voters are…

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Added on: 01/24/2021

LGBT group head aims to be Knesset’s first open lesbian

01/24/2021

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai announced on Sunday that one of the candidates of his Israelis Party would be Hila Pe’er, the chairwoman of Aguda, the Association…

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Added on: 01/13/2021

Popular rabbi warns followers COVID vaccine ‘could make you gay’

01/11/2021

A popular rabbi urged his followers not to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, warning them that doing so, it might “turn them” into homosexuals. Rabbi Daniel Asor’s…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Israel’s Gantz announces major step for LGBTQ rights

11/23/2020

Israel’s gay community recorded one of the greatest achievements of its long struggle for equal rights on Nov. 19 when Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny…

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Added on: 10/25/2020

‘The LGBT Issue Is Slicing Israel’s religious-Zionist Community in Two’

10/25/2020

Rabbi Mordechai Vardi thought he already knew quite a bit about Orthodox LGBT people when he decided to direct the film “Marry Me However,” a documentary on…

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Added on: 10/13/2020

Israel to Form Government Committee to Assist Transgender Community

10/12/2020

Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn and Welfare Minister Itzik Shmuli announced an inter-ministerial team to consider ways to ease hardships for transgender people on Monday. The team is…

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Added on: 10/12/2020

Israeli Orthodox leader: Judaism does not forbid same-sex couples from building a family

10/12/2020

(JTA) — A prominent Israeli Orthodox rabbi said that Jewish law does not forbid LGBTQ people from building a family. Rabbi Benny Lau made the statement as…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

10/02/2020

Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s…

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Added on: 09/21/2020

Israel’s LGBT tech sector is finally being seen

09/21/2020

“I was very concerned about how it would impact my career,” Grembek told CTech when thinking back to coming out of the closet following his divorce. “I…

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Added on: 09/02/2020

For Right-wing LGBT Israelis, There Are Two Closets to Come Out Of

09/01/2020

A week before Israel’s March election, 40-year-old chef Simon Barel decided it was finally time to come out. Again. Barel, who told his family and friends he…

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Added on: 07/25/2020

Israeli diplomats buy 600 pounds of tahini to help Arab firm hit by LGBT boycott

07/24/2020

The Arab-Israeli owner of a popular tahini brand facing a boycott for donating to an Israeli LGBTQ rights group has some friends in the Israeli diplomatic community….

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Added on: 07/22/2020

Israel: Bill banning gay conversion therapy up for vote, could spark coalition crisis

07/21/2020

A bill outlawing controversial “gay conversion therapy” threatened to generate yet another coalition crisis, as Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party was expected to support the proposal…

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Added on: 07/18/2020

Tahini: The food at the center of an Arab gay rights battle

07/17/2020

When Julia Zaher, the owner of a company that makes some of the most popular tahini in Israel, made a donation to an Israeli gay rights group…

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Added on: 06/26/2020

Israelis split on acceptance of homosexuality – Pew report

06/25/2020

Israeli society is split on its acceptance of homosexuality, but is still far more accepting than other Middle Eastern countries, according to a new report by the…

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Added on: 06/23/2020

Israel sets record for number of openly gay MKs

06/21/2020

On Friday, Israel set the record for the highest amount of openly gay MKs in the 23rd Knesset, with six members of the LGBT community, while the…

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Added on: 06/22/2020

Tel Aviv mayor says city to recognize same-sex marriages

02/21/2020

The municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa said on Sunday that it would allow same-sex couples and non-traditional partnerships to register their union with the city hall in order…

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Added on: 06/10/2020

Israel: Municipalities reaching out to LGBT community

06/08/2020

Tel Aviv may still be the gay capital of the Middle East, but 29 other municipalities – including those with councils that include representatives of ultra-Orthodox communities…

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Added on: 05/30/2020

Israel: New government could bring real change for LGBT community

05/28/2020

While many were disappointed at the sight of this bloated amalgam called Israel’s 35th government, maybe, just maybe it will be the one to actually take steps…

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Added on: 05/05/2020

Muslim LGBT ‘Allies’ Silent as Muslim Attacks on Gays Increase

05/04/2020

There’s a new slur trending in Turkey these days aimed at the LGBTQ population: “#YallahHollandaya” or “Go to Holland.” The expression reflects the Netherlands’ longstanding acceptance of…

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Added on: 04/23/2020

Israel Shows Us the Future of Protest

04/22/2020

Rabin Square in Tel Aviv has always been a popular site for demonstration. Israelis gathered on this expansive plaza to protest the Gaza War in 2014 and…

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Added on: 04/22/2020

Court rules against Beersheba print shop that refused to serve LGBT group

04/21/2020

The Beersheba Magistrate’s Court ruled Tuesday that a local print shop must compensate an LGBT rights group after it refused to print its posters. The Aguda Association…

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Added on: 03/03/2020

100 LGBT filmmakers to boycott Tel Aviv festival to support queer Palestinians

03/03/2020

Over 130 filmmakers from around the world, including at least 100 from the LGBT community, have pledged to boycott an upcoming government-sponsored gay film festival in Tel…

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Added on: 02/24/2020

Zionist Left Campaign Lures Arab LGBT Voters

02/23/2020

The Labor-Gesher-Meretz list on Monday launched an ad targeting the LGBT community inside Israeli-Arab society, in an attempt to appeal to liberal voters affiliated with the Joint…

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Added on: 02/13/2020

Anti-LGBT incidents in Israel increase by 36% in 2019

02/11/2020

Anti-LGBT incidents in Israel increased by 36 percent in 2019, according to a report published Thursday by the Aguda — Israel’s LGBT Task Force nonprofit. According to…

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Added on: 01/23/2020

Israel agrees to Russia’s no-LGBT adoptions rule

01/22/2020

Israel and Russia signed an adoption agreement on Wednesday, after a decade of negotiations, stipulating that same-sex couples may not adopt children from Russia. The countries finalized…

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Added on: 01/16/2020

Israeli minister’s homophobic comments spark huge protest

01/15/2020

More than 3,000 students gathered in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, waving signs reading: “I don’t want to be normal”, in response to last week’s homophobic comments by…

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Added on: 01/12/2020

Israel Justice minister blasts education minister’s ‘backwards’ remarks on LGBT couples

01/11/2020

Justice Minister Amir Ohana lambasted Education Minister Rafi Peretz on Saturday for comments Peretz made in a newspaper interview, where he appeared to call same-sex marriage unnatural….

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Added on: 11/20/2019

From ultra-Orthodox rabbi to openly transgender: Abby Stein shares her story

11/18/2019

Abby Stein discovered what the word “transgender” meant — and that the term accurately described her — when she snuck on the internet for the very first…