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Added on: 10/23/2024

LGBTQ+ aid workers reflect on a year in Gaza, working with queer Palestinians

10/22/2024

Gaza was different. Over the past two years, Rain Dove Dubilewski has been on the ground helping evacuate conflict areas such as Ukraine, Uganda, and Venezuela. But…

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Added on: 10/13/2024

Palestinian woman wins £30,000 LGBTQ+ film award

10/12/2024

A Palestinian woman has won the world’s largest LGBTQ+ short film award. Dima Hamdan said she was “deeply honoured” to receive the £30,000 2024 Iris Prize, because…

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Added on: 09/16/2024

Queers for Palestine? Group offers $1 million for LGBTQ advocacy org to hosts Pride parade in Gaza, West Bank

09/16/2024

A watchdog group that aims to expose hypocrisy announced Monday that it would donate $1 million to “Queers for Palestine” or any U.S. LGBTQ advocacy organization to…

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Added on: 08/18/2024

Friends remember a young, gay Palestinian man who was murdered in occupied West Bank

08/16/2024

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This next story takes us to the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the streets of Tel Aviv. But it’s not about the current war between…

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Added on: 07/08/2024

Website tracks legal rights for trans people in Middle East and North Africa

07/07/2024

The Cairo 52 Legal Research Institute has unveiled the MENA Trans Archive, a new, free online archive focused on legal and sharia-law information for trans people living in…

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Added on: 06/17/2024

‘No pride in occupation’: queer Palestinians on ‘pink-washing’ in Gaza conflict

06/16/2024

When Daoud, a veteran queer activist, recently walked past rainbow flags hung for Pride month in the old port city of Jaffa, a historic centre of Palestinian…

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Added on: 03/07/2024

Queer in Gaza’ campaign aims to raise awareness about Hamas LGBTQ+ persecution

03/06/2024

A new campaign launched a website to raise awareness about the Hamas terrorist movement’s lethal actions targeting the persecuted LGBTQ+ community in the Gaza Strip. The Equality Campaign Inc….

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Added on: 12/02/2023

How the war in Gaza leaves SF LGBTQ community at odds

12/1/2023

A tight-knit community in San Francisco has suddenly found itself divided over the ongoing conflict in Gaza, leaving some feeling cut off from the support of their…

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Added on: 10/21/2023

In Gaza, ‘Queering the Map’ Reveals Heartbreaking Notes of LGBT Love and Loss

10/20/2023

These days, it’s not easy for anyone living in Gaza. Hardly any safe refuge can be found amid Israel’s unrelenting airstrikes of the territory in retaliation to…

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Added on: 10/19/2022

Inside a Groundbreaking Anthology That Sheds Light on 18 Queer Arab Voices

10/18/2022

In a region where at least 15 nations criminalize homosexuality and in those that don’t, there’s a “don’t ask, don’t tell culture,” queer Arab communities may have…

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Added on: 10/16/2022

Suspect arrested in gay Palestinian’s brutal killing

11/14/2022

Palestinian police arrested a suspect in the brutal killing of a gay Palestinian activist last week, as fear continues to grip LGBTQ Palestinians in Israel. Police spokesman…

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Added on: 08/02/2022

An Arabic anti-LGBTQ+ campaign is going viral on Twitter

08/01/2022

In late June, an account launched on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Telegram called Fetrah — the Arabic word for “human instinct.” Soon after, the account posted a…

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Added on: 07/11/2022

Better to be a Jew Than Gay in Gaza, Says Gazan LGBTQ Man

07/10/2022

“The lives of LGBTQ young people on the Palestinian streets, and especially in Gaza, are hell,” Ahmad, a 27-year-old from Gaza, a gay man who conceals his…

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Added on: 06/20/2022

Palestinian Activists Ban Concert for LGBTQ Community in Ramallah

06/19/2022

Palestinian activists shut down a concert for the LGBTQ community that was scheduled to take place in Ramallah over the weekend. East Jerusalem singer-songwriter and video artist…

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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: 03/19/2020

‘It’s not safe for them’: Coronavirus lockdowns putting LGBT+ people at risk across Middle East

03/18/2020

Coronavirus-induced isolation and lockdowns are putting LGBT+ people in the Middle East at risk, campaigners have warned. Many individuals are – or, due to money worries, fear…

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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: 09/21/2019

The Plight of the LGBT Community in the Palestinian Authority and Muslim Countries

09/20/2019

The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s violent treatment of the gay community under its rule offers a gloomy reminder of this community’s difficult situation in most Muslim countries. On…

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Added on: 09/03/2019

TOP PA DIPLOMAT IN UK DENIES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBTQ IN THE WEST BANK

08/03/2019

In August, the Palestinian Authority banned the LGBTQ group Al-Qaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society from carrying out any activity in the West Bank….

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Added on: 08/22/2019

Palestinian Authority Bans Activities by Gay Rights Group

08/19/2019

A Palestinian gay and transgender rights group vowed on Monday to continue its activities after the Palestinian Authority police barred the group from holding events in the…

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Added on: 08/20/2019

PA BANS LGBTQ ACTIVITIES IN WEST BANK

08/19/2019

The Palestinian Authority banned members of the Palestinian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community from carrying out any activities in the West Bank. The ban…

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Added on: 06/08/2019

‘If nothing changes, I’ll kill myself’: The horrific plight of LGBT+ asylum seekers in Russia

06/07/2019

“Russia is the last place I wanted to end up,” says Ahmet, 25. “But I don’t have a choice – it is either this or death.” Ahmet,…