LGBT

These queer newlyweds are modeling Jewish joy for LGBTQ youth

While some Orthodox communities have tried to make space for LGBTQ members, the vast majority of Orthodox rabbis, citing prohibitions in traditional Jewish law, do not conduct LGBTQ weddings.

By JULIA GERGELY/JTA
15/09/2023
Aryeh King

Grapevine: Righteous streets

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

'Rainbow Club in Yeshiva': JQY's animated LGBTQ videos aim to foster dialogue

The videos aim to frame a new community conversation about LGBTQ+ issues that allows "disagreements without divisiveness."

Turkish outlet links Chabad to Mossad, LGBT support in Northern Cyprus

The Milli Gazete report alleges, "Chabad commits many crimes. They launder money and leak information to Mossad. They decipher all military points. They buy land from near military areas."

30/08/2023

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.

By REUTERS
30/08/2023

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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

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.

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