LGBT

B'Yachad party will pursue LGBTQ marriage rights if part of next government, Lapid vows

The B’Yachad party was formed from an alliance between Bennett and Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid Party. It is one of the leading parties in the opposition bloc seeking to replace Netanyahu in October.

Israeli flag and rainbow flag being waved at Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 25 2021
Turkey's LGBTQ+ community gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in Istanbul, Turkey June 30, 2024.

'State-led discrimination': Turkey jails 16 people after raids in Izmir on LGBTQ+ groups

Tanya Tsikanovsky, Lesbian Zionist, who uses her platform to increase Jewish pride.

25 ViZionaries: Tanya Tsikanovsky - No. 24

Moshe Feiglin attends a hearing at the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem on petitions challenging the UNRWA laws passed by the Knesset, August 3, 2026

Feiglin: There was 'terrible betrayal dismantling IDF' before Oct. 7 massacre, forgives Smotrich


Canada, citing potential dangers, warns LGBT travelers of US risks

Anti-LGBT demonstrations in the United States last year rocketed 30-fold compared with 2017 and legal moves to restrict LGBT rights are on the rise.

Supporters of the LGBTQIA+ community gathered for the Don't Drag Us Down protest at the State House in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. May 5, 2023.

Israeli transgender woman dies in London, friends working to bring her home

Trans rights activists argued that the Foreign Ministry was not aiding in efforts to bring the woman home.

The Transgender Pride Flag flies on the Foreign Office building in London on Transgender Day of Remembrance, 20 November 2017.

Israeli man indicted for hiring hitman to ‘honor kill’ lesbian sister

Sarit, an 18-year-old girl from the Druze town of Kisra-Sumei, was threatened for years before her murder due to her sexual orientation. 

A social media photo of Sarit Ahmad, who was killed at the age of 18.

Catholic students asked to behave 'consistent with their biological sex'

The controversial new policy enforces students using their pronouns assigned at birth and their birth names and forbids same-sex relationships.

 AN EMPTY classroom in an east Jerusalem school, closed in protest at ‘Israeli censorship’ of PA-autorized school textbooks, last year.

Pamphlets blaming Holocaust on LGBT people appear for 2nd time in a week

Thousands of men were sent to concentration camps as "homosexual offenders" during the Holocaust.

The LGBT community marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, Meir Park in Tel Aviv, on May 1, 2019

Woman murdered after hanging LGBTQ flag at her store

A woman and community leader from Cedar Glen, California was murdered at her store by a man who took issue with her having an LGBTQ pride flag.

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

US teacher fired after reading book on gender identity to 5th grade class

The 33-year-old teacher had asked the students to write a poem about their own identity after reading the book.

 CLASSROOM SHORTAGE: Ongoing problem.

Man assaulted in Rehovot in suspected LGBTQ-phobic attack

The attack is the second anti-LGBTQ assault reported in Rehovot in the past month.

 LGBTQ+ protest in Rehovot. July 2023

NGOs file fresh petition against reasonableness standard

Immediately following the passing of the amendment, anti-reformists filed a barrage of petitions calling for the striking of the law.

 YULI EDELSTEIN talks to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during the Knesset vote on the reasonableness standard last week.

Children of LGBTQ parents: We were raised with so much love

The children of LGBT families spoke out against Welfare Minister Yaakov Mergi's statements against LGBT families being allowed to adopt.

 Israelis march in Jerusalem during the pride march on June 1, 2023