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Trump says he was told Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay, spotlighting Iran’s brutal anti-gay persecution
Same-sex relations are criminalized and can carry the death penalty in Iran, where the Islamic regime has long been accused of systematic persecution of Iran's LGBTQ+ community.
A Jewish writers initiative's first film: a comedy about a Holocaust survivor and his gay grandson
Uganda abandons prosecution in first 'aggravated homosexuality' case under controversial 2023 law
Emily Damari proposes to girlfriend Danielle Amit at event marking a year since release from Hamas
Israel's Fiverr, TikTok's The Old Gays make free Pride children's book
The book itself comes at an important time, as it makes a prominent statement of bravery and diversity while anti-LGBTQ+ laws have been pushed in the US, specifically affecting schools.
Efrat mayor under fire from rabbis for promoting LGBT issues
15 rabbis signed a letter of protest after the Efrat municipality released a survey on a variety of LGBT issues and topics.
Cubans split over more liberal family code as referendum nears
The Cuban Roman Catholic Church has lashed out against gay marriage.
'Outspoken Middle East' platform opens to advance LGBTQ+ rights
An Iranian gay man said "The junior soldiers were shouting we would all be executed tomorrow.”
Horowitz donates blood after Israel repeals ban on gay blood donation
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, a gay man, donated blood at the Magen David Adom compound in Jerusalem after the ban was repealed.
LGBTQ people are being hunted down in Afghanistan
Even before the Taliban takeover, the LGBTQ suffered discrimination - now it is so much worse.
Health minister removes blood donation restrictions for gay men
Men donating blood will no longer be asked if they have had sex with men in the past year.
Israel's Foreign Ministry waves LGBTQ Pride flag for first time
“The Foreign Ministry and its workers are leading a message of tolerance, brotherhood and freedom,” Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tweeted.
Hungary could be sanctioned over anti-LGBT+ law, warns EU equality chief
The move, which critics say wrongly conflates pedophilia with LGBT issues, triggered a mass rally outside parliament on Monday, while several rights groups have called on Fidesz to withdraw the bill.
Eytan Fox’s ‘Sublet’ hits theaters and tells a story not told before
“It’s a movie about the older man that I am and the younger man that I’m trying to preserve.”
