The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/gay-rights/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png gay rights | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/gay-rights/ 32 32 Turkey’s LGBTQ community warns of existential threat in bill policing biological sex https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkeys-lgbtq-community-warns-of-existential-threat-in-bill-policing-biological-sex/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:15:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3682460 Critics predict that if enacted, the legislation would set back community rights by years, argue that it also threatens the broader public with vagueness on public morality

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]]> Global LGBTQ group says it’ll lift suspension of Israeli member organization after year https://www.timesofisrael.com/global-lgbtq-group-says-itll-lift-suspension-of-israeli-member-organization-after-year/ Mon, 05 May 2025 13:53:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3542063&preview=true&preview_id=3542063 ILGA World chastises The Aguda for 'silence' on Gaza, says it will reverse suspension in October, noting it would set 'harmful precedent' to demand groups publicly oppose governments

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]]> Global LGBTQ group suspends Israeli organization, angering queer Jews and allies https://www.timesofisrael.com/global-lgbtq-group-suspends-israeli-organization-angering-queer-jews-and-allies/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:45:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3409004 After pressure from Israel critics, ILGA World says it both rejected Tel Aviv as potential site for upcoming event and froze Israeli umbrella group's membership

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]]> Far-right minister slammed for seeming to equate same-sex marriage with incest https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-minister-slammed-for-seeming-to-equate-same-sex-marriage-with-incest/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:21:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3337960 After Knesset interviewer protests 'unpleasant' suggestion, Yitzhak Wasserlauf clarifies he meant love is not a justification

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]]> Kosher cellphone bill sparks debate on Haredi consumer freedoms vs communal coercion https://www.timesofisrael.com/kosher-cellphone-bill-sparks-debate-on-haredi-consumer-freedoms-vs-communal-coercion/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:25:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3334814 New legislation would reinforce phone plans that are under rabbinical censorship, raising questions about internal societal pressures and control

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]]> High Court orders government to redo birth certificates for same-sex couple moms https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-orders-government-to-redo-birth-certificates-for-same-sex-couple-moms/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:57:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3250288 Ruling hailed as historic win for LGBTQ parents seeking to have second mother added to child's legal document following years-long struggle

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]]> ‘You’re not a family,’ gay couple and kids told while using family pass at park https://www.timesofisrael.com/youre-not-a-family-gay-couple-and-kids-told-while-using-family-pass-at-park/ Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:50:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3077291 Attendant at Nahal Yehudia nature reserve briefly bars entry to the five, who are eventually allowed inside after supervisor intervenes

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]]> Shas’s welfare minister to court: Same-sex adoption against child’s best interests https://www.timesofisrael.com/shas-minister-to-court-same-sex-adoption-against-childs-best-interests/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:59:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3060414 AG favors legislation that would broaden the interpretation of the current adoption law to includes same-sex couples

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]]> Gay and Orthodox: Book charts the rise of a once unthinkable dual identity in Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/gay-and-orthodox-book-charts-the-rise-of-a-once-unthinkable-dual-identity-in-israel/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 06:01:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2981667 'Queer Judaism,' a new work from academic Orit Avishai, explores the rapid transformation over just two decades of the visibility and activism of LGBTQ religious Jews

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]]> Charles Silverstein, who helped delist homosexuality as mental illness, dies at 87 https://www.timesofisrael.com/charles-silverstein-who-helped-delist-homosexuality-as-mental-illness-dies-at-87/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 17:47:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2945338 The Jewish American therapist, author and activist was best known for role in securing the landmark DSM reclassification in 1973 and for his canonical book 'The Joy of Gay Sex'

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]]> Smotrich: My voters don’t care if I’m a homophobe or fascist; my word is my bond https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-my-voters-dont-care-im-a-homophobic-fascist-but-my-word-is-my-word/ Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:35:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2926726 In recording from a few months ago, far-right minister heard saying he could act against LGBTQ community without repercussions from his base; 'I won't stone gays [to death]'

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]]> As hard right takes power, president urges worried Israelis: Don’t say nation doomed https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-hard-right-takes-power-president-urges-worried-israelis-dont-say-nation-doomed/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 15:12:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2913142&preview=true&preview_id=2913142 At public event, Herzog appears to criticize fiercest opponents of new Netanyahu government, while again beseeching the coalition to work on behalf of all citizens

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]]> As Netanyahu holds first cabinet meeting, hundreds rally in support of LGBTQ rights https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-rally-in-support-of-lgbtq-rights-as-hardline-government-takes-office/ Thu, 29 Dec 2022 19:11:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2912334 Protesters block major Tel Aviv highway, scuffle with police as new PM convenes his ministers in Jerusalem; head of LGBTQ group says 'darkness has descended on the State of Israel'

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]]> Man who invaded World Cup pitch with rainbow flag released from custody https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-who-invaded-world-cup-pitch-with-rainbow-flag-released-from-custody/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:39:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2885330 Gay rights and the use of supportive symbols have been a simmering issue at the soccer tournament in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal

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]]> France denounces Iranian death sentences for 2 female gay rights activists https://www.timesofisrael.com/france-denounces-iranian-death-sentences-for-2-female-gay-rights-activists/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:24:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2832515 Paris stresses universal opposition to the death penalty and support of gay rights, after activists convicted of 'spreading corruption on earth'

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