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At the entrance to Video Pub, Jerusalem's gay bar that will close its doors at the end of June 2026.(Courtesy)
June 24, 2026, 9:05 pm
Jerusalem’s only gay bar closes, but owner says it’s good news
‘You don’t need bars anymore that are just for gay people,’ Avi Goldberger says as he shutters Video Pub after some 14 years
By Jessica Steinberg
French Education and Youth Minister Gabriel Attal leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, on December 20, 2023. (Ludovic Marin/ AFP)
January 9, 2024, 4:16 pm
Macron names Gabriel Attal as France’s youngest and first gay PM
Popular former education minister, 34, will work with president on government shakeup; his late father was Jewish
By AP and ToI Staff
Welfare Minister Ya'akov Margi at a Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 27, 2023, 4:59 pm
Shas’s welfare minister to court: Same-sex adoption against child’s best interests
AG favors legislation that would broaden the interpretation of the current adoption law to includes same-sex couples
By ToI Staff
Channel 12 News reporter Yair Cherki reports live from the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, as tens of thousands of people arrive for a final forgiveness prayer, early on Oct. 4, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 3:27 am
Cherki wins wide support from across political spectrum after coming out as gay
Prominent journalist is famous for reporting on ultra-Orthodox and bringing viewpoints to secular homes; now he wants Haredi community to understand his sexual orientation
By Ron Kampeas
Author Elisabeth Kushner reads 'The Purim Superhero' at a book-release party at Afikomen Judaica in Berkeley, California, in 2014. (Courtesy: Keshet)
April 21, 2022, 11:44 pm
Florida school district removes ‘Purim Superhero,’ book about Jewish kid with 2 dads
Author hopes it will eventually be reinstated: ‘When people are banning books, they’re implicitly recognizing that books are powerful’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Nerya and Kaiwin, a gay couple who were assaulted in Jerusalem, March 2022. (The Agudah)
March 23, 2022, 5:49 pm
Jerusalem gay couple file police complaint after assault by ultra-Orthodox
Nerya and Kaiwin, who live opposite a yeshiva, say they have faced three weeks of harassment including a brick thrown through their window and other physical violence
By ToI Staff
A still of 'Amin' from 'Flee' by filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen. (Courtesy of Neon)
December 10, 2021, 3:40 pm
In documentary ‘Flee,’ animation helps an Afghan refugee open up to an old friend
The film opened in US theaters Dec. 3 and is sweeping up awards; in it, ‘Amin,’ a gay academic with family in Afghanistan, tells a harrowing story that is far too common
By Jordan Hoffman
Elad Musaev Kazaz, right, with his partner and son. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
June 9, 2020, 6:18 am
Ramat Gan daycare rescinds spot for child with gay parents, father tells TV
Manager of children’s center says she is religious and unable to communicate with men; dad of 4-month-old says ‘it really hurt me’
By ToI Staff
High school students, protesting against Education Minister Rafi Peretz who appeared to call same-sex marriage unnatural, seen during a demonstration at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on January 15, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 15, 2020, 1:12 pm
Thousands of teens protest education minister’s remarks about LGBT couples
Tel Aviv rally by high school students under banner ‘Demanding Change’ criticizes Rafi Peretz for saying a ‘normal family is a man and a woman’
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar at the Knesset on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 7, 2019, 8:49 am
Yisrael Beytenu lawmaker says party to establish gay caucus after elections
Eli Avidar stresses party’s support for civil marriage, blames ex-mayor of Jerusalem for emergence of tape in which Avigdor Liberman appeared to denounce pride parades
By ToI Staff
MK Bezalel Smotrich of the Union of Right-Wing Parties speaks during a Jerusalem Day event at Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem, June 2, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
July 29, 2019, 9:44 am
Smotrich: Shaffir ‘stupid’ for blaming religious right for anti-LGBT violence
Democratic Camp politician says rabbis, ministers and MKs are ‘igniting hatred’ that leads to assaults
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: LGBT activists denounce violence against Israel's transgender community in Tel Aviv, on July 28, 2019. (Flash90)
July 28, 2019, 10:55 pm
Hundreds march against transgender violence in Tel Aviv after teen stabbed
LGBT activists say uptick in attacks linked to increased inflammatory rhetoric against gay community
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Rafi Peretz at the Education Ministry in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 16, 2019, 9:53 pm
Minister walks back conversion therapy comments, says he opposes it ‘utterly’
In letter to educators, Rafi Peretz asserts he ‘never’ suggested treatment to homosexuals, calls it ‘wrong’
By ToI Staff
Rafi Peretz, head of the Union of Right-Wing Parties, holds a press conference after meeting with President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, April 16, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
July 13, 2019, 11:22 pm
Backing gay conversion therapy, new education minister elicits fresh uproar
Rafi Peretz pilloried by opposition parties, with multiple calls for his resignation; Netanyahu: Statements unacceptable, do not reflect the position of the government
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) seen with MK Amir Ohana at a Likud party meeting in the Knesset on January 11, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 6, 2019, 2:15 pm
Gay minister only appointed to woo LGBT voters, Netanyahu said to tell Haredim
Ultra-Orthodox UTJ party reportedly vows to oppose Amir Ohana staying on as justice minister since he will be obliged to promote LGBT-friendly reforms
By Michael Bachner
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