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Added on: 11/23/2022

In First, Israel Issues Guidelines to Schools for Dealing With LGBTQ Students

11/22/2022

For the first time, Israel’s Education Ministry has issued guidelines to schools regarding LGBTQ students and families. The document, released on Tuesday, requires schools to train teachers…

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Added on: 11/14/2022

Isreal’s new legislative leader promises to protect LGBTQ rights despite his party’s threats

11/13/2022

Benjamin Netanyahu — the former Israeli prime minister who was recently elected as the chairman of the majority Likud party within his country’s legislature, the Knesset —…

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Added on: 11/08/2022

Ben-Gvir, the Beast Parade, and a Blessing in Synagogue

11/07/2022

What follows is a translation of a long Hebrew-language Facebook post by Amir Ohana, the recently reelected Israeli Knesset member who formerly served in governments led by…

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Added on: 11/07/2022

Australian Jewish group is concerned about homophobia in new Israeli government

11/06/22

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry have congratulated incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win but have also voiced concern about homophobic elements within…

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Added on: 11/04/2022

Religious Zionism MK: Party won’t come after LGBT, but wants ‘order in public space’

11/03/2022

Religious Zionism MK Orit Strock says leftists, Arabs and members of the LGBT community should not fear the rise of the far right in this week’s election. “We’re…

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Added on: 09/19/2022

Gay Likud MK defends Netanyahu’s push for inclusion of anti-LGBT Noam party in bloc

09/18/2022

Likud MK Amir Ohana on Sunday defended party leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s push to get anti-LGBT party Noam into the Knesset in the next election, saying he was…

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Added on: 09/17/2022

Defying ministry, rabbis tell school to put transgender boy in female-only class

09/16/2022

Over a dozen rabbis called Thursday for a religious school in central Israel to force an 8-year-old transgender student into a female-only classroom, defying the wishes of…

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Added on: 08/28/2022

Israel: Lapid becomes first prime minister to attend LGBT event

08/28/2022

During the event, Lapid expressed his support for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Israel. Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid took part in an event marking the…

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Added on: 08/19/2022

Rights groups ask Defense Ministry to stop sales of phone hacking tool to Uganda

08/17/2022

Human rights groups have reportedly asked the Defense Ministry to stop permitting an Israeli company to sell its phone hacking tool to Uganda, claiming it is used…

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Added on: 07/09/2022

Israel’s Education System Revolutionized Its Approach to Transgender Students, but Still Has a Ways to Go

7/8/22

During the last week of school before summer vacation, the parents of N., a second-grader from the central Israeli city of Herzliya, visited her class in order…

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Added on: 06/22/2022

Leading Colorado LGBTQ lawmakers find Pride — and insight — in Israel

06/21/2022

State Rep. Brianna Titone was a grand marshal of the Denver Pride Parade in 2019 and has walked in Pride parades in New York and Copenhagen, but…

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Added on: 06/14/2022

Israel’s MKs surveyed on gay marriage.

06/13/2022

As Pride Month is celebrated all over the world, Israeli citizens are once again sharply reminded that gay marriage is still not recognized by the state. Israeli…

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Added on: 05/31/2022

Israeli right-wing magazine decries ‘LGBT-stan’ and ‘LGBT religion’.

05/30/2022

The right-wing Channel 14 announced a new magazine on Monday, with the cover featuring a cartoon of worshippers surrounding a rainbow “golden calf” with the title “LGBT-stan:…

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Added on: 05/17/2022

‘Transkids,’ Israeli documentary about transgender teens, gets virtual screening.

05/16/2022

In honor of International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, three Bay Area organizations will present a virtual panel discussion Tuesday about transgender identity in Israel, featuring…

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Added on: 03/24/2022

Gay couple attacked by yeshiva students in Jerusalem

03/23/2022

Neria and Kevin were preparing their Shabbat dinner table at their home in Jerusalem when a yeshiva student decided to throw a stone through their window, narrowly…

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Added on: 02/15/2022

Health Ministry formally bans LGBTQ+ conversion therapy

02/14/2022

The Health Ministry issued a circular on Monday morning banning medical professionals in Israel from providing conversion therapy. The circular stresses the risks to mental health posed…

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Added on: 02/08/2022

Israel to open first LGBT shelter for Arab youth

02/05/2022

Israel is set to open its first shelter designated for LGBT Arab Israeli youth, in a move hailed as “historic” by one of the lawmakers who led…

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Added on: 01/22/2022

Israel’s LGBT+ community faces up to its ‘Me Too’ moment as sexual abuse survivors break silence

1/21/22

In June 2021, gay rights activist Omri Feinstein from Israel asked queer people on Instagram to share their stories of sexual harassment and assault – and he…

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Added on: 01/04/2022

Israel opens surrogacy to same-sex couples, single fathers, transgender people.

01/04/2022

Israel announced on Tuesday that the country will begin allowing same-sex couples, single fathers and transgender individuals to pursue parental surrogacy. The news was delivered by Israeli…

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Added on: 12/21/2021

‘You’ll be destroyed’: LGBTQ Israelis receive hate texts allegedly sent by rabbi

12/20/2021

Thousands of members of Israel’s LGBTQ community have recently received disturbing hateful text messages, which were allegedly sent by a yeshiva rabbi, police revealed Monday. The Aguda…

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Added on: 11/17/2021

Israeli Blood Drives Drop LGBTQ-friendly Wording Amid Pressure From Religious Groups

11/16/2021

Israel’s Magen David Adom blood bank will restore the original wording of its forms for blood donors, after pressure from religious groups over the use of gender-neutral…

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Added on: 11/15/2021

LGBTQ+ youth violently attacked in Jerusalem on way to trans conference

11/14/2021

A group of LGBTQ+ youth were violently attacked near the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem on Friday, while they were on their way to a conference on transgender…

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Added on: 11/10/2021

LGBTQ+ organizations launch plan to combat sexual abuse

11/09/2021

After a series of sexual assault and misconduct allegations against gay TV personality Gal Uchovsky and activist Etai Pinkas-Arad, the Agudah-The Association for LGBTQ+ Equality in Israel…

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Added on: 11/01/2021

Hackers threaten to out Israeli LGBTQ dating site users

10/31/2021

A hacking group calling itself Black Shadow threatened Sunday to reveal personal details of a million users of Israeli’s leading LGBTQ dating site, an attack some cyber…

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Added on: 09/15/2021

LGBTQ+ Agudah hosts Polish chief rabbi to begin new project for Diaspora

09/13/2021

The Agudah – The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel has launched a new plan to help LGBTQ+ Jews in the Diaspora and olim to Israel, hosting…

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Added on: 08/24/2021

Israel Will Now Let Gay Men Donate Blood

08/23/2021

Israel has ended a restriction on blood donation that effectively prohibited gay men from donating blood. Until now, Israel had prohibited any man who had had same-sex…

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Added on: 07/12/2021

Pride Event in Israeli Settlement Draws Opposition From Multiple Directions

07/11/2021

An LGBTQ Pride event in Ariel on Thursday marked one of the first such events in an Israeli settlement. The event was the initiative of 26-year-old Gal…

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Added on: 07/11/2021

Israel’s Supreme Court rules in favour of same-sex couple surrogacy rights

7/11/21

Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that current legal restrictions barring same-sex couples from becoming parents through surrogacy were unlawful and must be lifted within six months….

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Added on: 06/28/2021

Israel’s ‘First Lesbians.’ It Hurts When You’re All Alone in the World

06/27/2021

For a long time Hana Klein thought she was the only lesbian in Israel, and maybe in the whole world. She was born in 1951, grew up…

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Added on: 06/21/2021

Israel’s Foreign Ministry waves LGBTQ Pride flag for first time

06/21/2021

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid instructed his ministry to raise an LGBT pride flag outside its Jerusalem headquarters in honor of Pride Month for the first time on…