Gay

Uganda abandons prosecution in first 'aggravated homosexuality' case under controversial 2023 law

The East African country enacted the Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2023, defying pressure from Western governments as well as local and international rights groups.

File photo: Ugandan Members of Parliament stand as they participate during the passing of the anti-Homosexuality bill, at a sitting inside the Parliament Buildings in Kampala, Uganda May 2, 2023.
Former hostage Emily Damari and her girlfriend, social media influencer Danielle Amit.

Emily Damari proposes to girlfriend Danielle Amit at event marking a year since release from Hamas

Burned flag found in home of 16-year-old from Bnei Brak.

Police arrest 16-year-old from Bnei Brak suspected of setting fire to Pride flag in Tel Aviv

  Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families.

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key - opinion


Crisis over gay conversion bill will not collapse gov't - analysis

The bill is nevertheless another straw on the camel’s back.

Thousands protest throughout the country after Education Minister Rafi Peretz stated that he supports gay conversion therapy.

Putin mocks US embassy for flying rainbow flag

Putin said the US embassy's move to raise the LGBT pride flag "revealed something about the people that work there".

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

Israel sets record for number of openly gay MKs

The record was made possible after Blue and White scored a political victory overnight Monday night when it succeeded in passing the Expanded Norwegian Law into law in the Knesset plenum.

REVELERS DIP in the Mediterranean Sea as they take part in a Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv last year

Poland's Jewish leaders deplore stigmatization of LGBT people

Gay rights have been thrust into the spotlight during the campaign for the June 28 election.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda delivers a speech before the official start of a march marking the 100th anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2018.

United States Supreme Court bars discrimination against LGBT workers

Conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh dissented from Monday's ruling.

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

Nickelodeon outs SpongeBob as LGBT in honor of Pride month

Fans have speculated about the iconic sponge from Bikini Bottom's sexuality for years, but the series has never given any concrete answers.

The Spongebob SquarePants with Gary the Snail balloon hovers above the crowd during the 93rd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, U.S., November 28, 2019.

Grapevine June 10, 2020: Sins of omission

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN visits Elbit Systems last week.

Pride Month kicks off with first Hebrew children's book on Pride Parade

The children's book gives children a glimpse into the lives of their parents and the struggle for equal rights.

Tel Aviv Pride Parade kicks off, 2019.

US, Germany, Mexico, 6 others seek to ban gay 'conversion therapy'

LGBT+ people - some children - have undergone abuses like lobotomies, castration and masturbatory reconditioning in the past, in a bid to change their sexual orientation or gender identity, ILGA said

Thousands protest throughout the country after Education Minister Rafi Peretz stated that he supports gay conversion therapy.

Bollywood's first gay romantic comedy banned in UAE

"The film will not be screened in theatres in the predominantly Muslim UAE, a desert country of around 10 million people where gay sex is illegal," said filmmaker Hitesh Kewalya.

Leora Ruben, Mayan Sanlar, Avishai Mazgaonkar and Oved Gadkar bring a little Bollywood to Jerusalem as part of their Birthright trip from India.