While the event organizers denied an Israeli float, it welcomed pro-Palestinian groups' participation.
Ahead of Pride Month, Wolt's Pride Store, in collaboration with the IGY youth organization, invites you to purchase Pride merchandise, with all proceeds going to support the organization's goaks.
These comments were made on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia.
"This is not the time for celebrations," he wrote. "132 of our sons and daughters are still kidnapped in Gaza, the circle of bereavement is expanding every day."
Young children were led in chants of "free Palestine" by the drag queens.
Iraq didn't explicitly criminalize gay sex, though loosely defined morality clauses in its penal code had been used to target LGBT people, members of the community have also been killed.
Take notice of the enemies who wish to destroy us, and take heart that we will always be strong enough to win. This moment, now, is our generation’s turn to show our strength.
Professors critiqued arguments that Hamas persecutes LGBTQ+ in Gaza as "homophobic" during a conference on Palestine and imperialism.
Israel saw a record number of 3,309 instances of violence and hate speech directed at members of the LGBTQ+ community in 2022, according to The Aguda’s 2023 report.
Iran, which has continuously cracked down on LGBTQ+ rights, has used gender-affirming surgery as a way to enforce heteronormativity on the gay community.