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Ghana passes bill imposing prison terms for LGBTQ+ identity, advocacy

Notably, Ghana's parliament passed the bill as Pride Month is set to start around the world on Monday.

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A general view of Malaysia's National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 25, 2020

Malaysian police arrest 51 men, seize drugs in raids linked to 'gay party'

A man walks next to a poster with a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, March 22, 2026

Trump says he was told Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay, spotlighting Iran’s brutal anti-gay persecution

Noam Ash (left) and Charlie Barnett (right) in the 2026 film "Bookends," written by Ash.

A Jewish writers initiative's first film: a comedy about a Holocaust survivor and his gay grandson


Israeli Eurovision-ISIS satire show draws French ire

KAN vows not to shelve upcoming dark comedy, despite concerns from the European Broadcasting Union

A scene from the controversial upcoming KAN show 'Douze Points.'

Jewish-American lesbian elected Michigan Attorney General

Nessel, who grew up attending the Reform congregation Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield Township, in the Detroit metropolitan area, traces many of her values back to Judaism.

Plaintiffs April Deboer (L) and her partner Jayne Rowse leave the Federal Court with their attorney Dana Nessel (R) following closing arguments on their trial that could overturn Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage in Detroit, Michigan March 7, 2014

Trump launches global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality

A report from The Jerusalem Post on death penalty for Iranian gays played a role in ending criminalization of gays.

Members of LGBT community take part in a Gay Pride parade in central Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2018

A Star is born

“I have known I am genderqueer for almost two years,” Star told me. “I remember discovering the term ‘genderqueer’ and thinking, ‘Hey! That’s me.’”

Star Cohen

Orthodox Jewish parents want more openness on LGBTQ issues, survey finds

The survey of over 70 parents, the vast majority of whom are Modern Orthodox, found that they all supported a change in how the Orthodox community. relates to LGBTQ Jews.

Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade participant shakes hands with a religious Jewish man

U.S. ambassador to Germany: 'Horrific actions' of Iran equal to ISIS

"The recent press reports that the Iranian regime publicly hanged a 31-year-old man for being gay should be a wake-up call for anyone."

ISIS fighter beheading boy, 16, in Syria

Gay French Muslim teen to perform in Israel for Eurovision

"I hear life is really exciting over there in Tel Aviv," said France's Eurovision representative Bilal Hassani.

People celebrate the winning of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 by Israel's Netta Barzilai with her song "Toy" , Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 13, 2018.

Three Jewish facts about Pete Buttigieg, presidential hopeful

Buttigieg is gay, married, and a veteran of the Afghanistan war.

Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana

Rabbi continues attack on gays, calls same-sex families 'deviant'

Rabbi Yigal Levenstein, co-dean of the Bnei David pre-military academy in Eli, said bringing up children without a mother was "unjust."

An activist waves an LGBT flag near Israel's Knesset building

Gay MK asks PM: Why can assassin be dad and I can’t?

“Mr. prime minister, look me in the eye and tell me: Why can [Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin] Yigal Amir be a dad and I can’t?”

THE GOVERNMENT is only providing headlines, not solutions for the housing crisis, says Labor MK Itzik Shmuli, pictured outside the housing project where he lives in Lod.