Gay Israel

Tel Aviv's Kipod Hazahav festival brings 16 independent productions to the stage

The Golden Porcupine competition for independent theater will return to Tel Aviv next month with some of Israeli theater's best shows.

 Kipod Hazahav offerings include ‘Full Tank'.
Participants celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney, Australia, February 29, 2020.

'They are unnatural': Arab channel TV show guest calls for the execution of gay people

 The scene of a shooting attack on Highway 1, near Ma'ale Adumin, on February 22, 2024

'A gay man without rights:' Israeli reservist who killed highway terrorist speaks out

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Law student sues man, who sent him unsolicited explicit photos on Grindr, and wins


Religious gay leader: Stabber acted alone but had backing of rabbis, MKs

Daniel Jonas, the chairperson of Havruta, calls on the religious community to firmly reject homophobic sentiments that lead to Thursday's pride parade stabbing.

Attack at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

Smotrich: LGBT community attacks, slanders anyone who thinks differently from them

Bayit Yehudi lawmaker refuses to back down from his opposition to gay marriage.

Bezalel Smotrich.

Bennett: No value worth the death of a girl

Education minister invited LGBT activists to discuss the needs of LGBT youth in education system.

Naftali Bennett

MK Shmuly comes out as gay, says his community cannot stay silent

Shmuly was first elected to the Knesset in 2013, after previously being the chairman of the National Union of Israeli Students and a leader of the 2011 social protests.

Labor MK Itzik Shmuly

Netanyahu: Justice will be dealt to Jerusalem gay pride parade attacker

Politicians from across the political condemn stabbing which wounded six people.

Stabbing at J'lem gay-pride parade

Man stabs six people at Jerusalem gay pride parade; suspect carried out similar attack in 2005

The assailant, a Jewish man, was arrested; two seriously injured in attack; assailant is allegedly same man who carried out attack at gay pride parade ten years ago.

Stabbing at J'lem gay-pride parade

Ahead of Jerusalem gay pride parade: Lehava accuses homosexuals of harming Jewish nation

Meir David Koperschmidt of the anti-assimilation Lehava group equates homosexuality with bank robbery.

2014 Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

Knesset shoots down civil union bills

Two bills, proposed by Yesh Atid and Meretz regarding civil unions and marriages were rejected each with a 50-39 majority.

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Supreme Court choosing sides

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Gay rights activist optimistic about marriage equality in Israel

Oded Frid says the US Supreme Court decision will echo throughout the world.

Gay Pride 2015