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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


Hundreds rally marking decade since unknown killer attacked LGBT center in TA

Youth counselor Nir Katz, 26, and teenager Liz Triboshi, 16, were murdered and 11 people were wounded in the 2009 attack on the LGBT youth center. The case has never been closed.

Rally commemorating ten years since Bar Noar massacre, Aug. 2019

OUTstanding Travel

Peretz organizes private and group tours of countries around the Mediterranean, all in the service of providing an experience that is comfortable and supportive for gay tourists.

Nadav Peretz crouches in front of an OUTstanding tour group, as they bring pride to the Dead Sea

Bezalel Smotrich opposes criticism of Education Minister Peretz

Peretz was appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the country's education minister in June.

Israel's Education minister Rafi Peretz

Israeli artists face off against pro-conversion therapy minister Peretz

Privately, some in Israel's creative community said they were so angry with Peretz and the prime minister who appointed them that they thought the best response would be no comment.

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Glitter and hollow suits

As Likud and its supporters pat themselves on the back and use Ohana as an example to prove their lack of prejudice, these same people are simultaneously just using Ohana for political gain.

Justice Minister Amir Ohana speaks at the Israeli Bar Association on June 10, 2019

Jewish gay conversion group operating under new name ordered to shut down

According to court testimony, JONAH told clients to undress in front of each and beat effigies of their mothers to overcome sexual urges, NJ.com reported.

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

Botswana's High Court decriminalizes homosexuality

Same-sex relationships are illegal in more than 70 countries worldwide; almost half of them in Africa, where homosexuality is broadly taboo and persecution is rife

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Revealing gender and generosity

Fresco Dance Group presents a new work, ‘Genderosity’, by artistic director Yoram Karmi.

Fresco Dance Group presents a new work, ‘Genderosity’

Police on alert as Pride parade comes to Jerusalem

Anywhere from 15,000 to 30,000 people are expected to attend the event.

Jerusalem pride parade, 2 August 2018.

Jerusalem rabbi to ordain gay rabbinical student denied by U.S. seminary

“He’s who we want out there” working with the gay population, Landes said. “You need somebody on your side sometimes.”

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