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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

gay Palestinians

Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh (Social media)
October 6, 2022, 9:02 pm
Gay Palestinian living under asylum in Israel murdered, beheaded in Hebron
Suspect uploaded footage of murder to social media; unclear how the victim ended up in the West Bank, with some claiming he was kidnapped
By Jack Mukand
People march in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 20, 2022, 5:49 pm
Israel to allow LGBT Palestinians granted temporary asylum to work
Rights groups have long complained of restrictions on those fleeing violence; some 90 LGBT Palestinians have received temporary permits to seek refuge in Israel
By Aaron Boxerman
This Monday, June 29, 2015 photo provided by Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar shows his painting of a rainbow flag on six slabs of the West Bank security barrier in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Khaled Jarrar via AP)
August 21, 2019, 9:28 pm
Rights groups slam Palestinian police for banning LGBTQ activity
After police action, Al-Qaws Foundation receives a wave of hate messages which activists say ‘pose a serious threat’ to the gay community
By AFP
A gay couple has a wedding ceremony under a hupa during the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, July 21, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 22, 2016, 7:34 pm
Italian gay rights group rejects anti-Israel ‘pinkwashing’ accusation
Delegitimizing Israel distracts from efforts to protect LGBT people, say activists, condemning Hamas and PA treatment of gays
By ToI Staff
John Calvin, a gay, Christian Palestinian asylum seeker, who has been permitted to remain in the US. (screen capture: CNN)
June 6, 2016, 11:08 pm
Gay and Christian, a scion of a Hamas family finally finds safety in US
After being denied asylum in Canada, the man now known as John Calvin chases the American dream in LGBT-friendly New York
By Dov Lieber
Scottish actor, author, and activist Alan Cumming (C) dances alongside Israeli drag queens on a truck during during the opening event of the annual Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv, on June 3, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
June 3, 2016, 9:32 pm
LGBT community: Spend less on promoting Pride Week, more on us
Activists say the government spent 10 times more on publicizing the event abroad than they receive for year-round programs
By AFP
Khader Abu-Seif draped in opposing flags for part of the Celebration series by photographer Xavier Klaine (Courtesy Xavier Klaine)
March 4, 2016, 1:29 am
Gay Arab activist wraps himself in the flags
Khader Abu-Seif poses with the symbols of the two ‘states have screwed me for 28 years of my life’
By Jessica Steinberg
Hamas fighters take part in an anti-Israel rally in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, February 26, 2016. (AFP/Said Khatib)
March 2, 2016, 12:56 am
Executed Hamas commander may have been accused of gay sex
Rumors surfaced that Mahmud Eshtawi collaborated with Israel in exchange for keeping his sexuality secret, The New York Times reports
By Stuart Winer
The pride parade in Tel Aviv, June 2010. (photo credit: Omer Messinger/Flash90)
February 11, 2016, 1:01 pm
High Court ruling ends gay Palestinian’s asylum nightmare
Lack of coordination between authorities led to permit problems and multiple arrests, expulsion threats
By Lee Gancman
Palestinian Khader Abu-Seif (striped shirt) with his Jewish partner, David, in British director and producer Jake Witzenfeld's 'Oriented,' the story of three Palestinian gay men in Tel Aviv. (courtesy)
November 11, 2015, 6:22 pm
Film explores gay Israeli-Arabs’ identities under rockets’ red glare
Now screening in New York, British director Jake Witzenfeld’s ‘Oriented’ depicts the challenges and triumphs of three Palestinian gay men in war-time Tel Aviv
By Lisa Klug
This Monday, July 27, 2015 photo shows Khader Abu Seif, from left, Naeem Jiryes and Fadi Daeem, protagonists of the documentary movie "Oriented" during an interview with The Associated Press in Jaffa. (AP Photo/Eyal Warshavsky)
July 30, 2015, 5:00 pm
Film highlights struggles of gay Arabs in Israel
‘Oriented,’ by a UK director, explores the friction between the national and sexual identities of three Tel Avivians
By ISAAC SCHARF
This Monday, June 29, 2015 photo provided by Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar shows his painting of a rainbow flag on six slabs of the West Bank security barrier in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Khaled Jarrar via AP)
June 30, 2015, 9:56 pm
Palestinian protesters paint over gay rights flag
Artist’s mural on security barrier covered up within hours by demonstrators who decry ‘shameful’ rainbow banner
By AP
Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk, September 18, 2014. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
June 16, 2015, 3:42 am
Report: Hamas mulling long-term ceasefire with Israel
Gaza-based group officials met in Qatar to discuss truce proposal, Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper says
By ToI Staff
A couple at the annual gay parade in Jerusalem on August 01, 2013 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 17, 2014, 10:23 pm
Pride and politics
The Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, rescheduled for Thursday after this summer’s war, has been marred by discord in the LGBTQ community
By Debra Kamin
The pride parade in Tel Aviv, June 2010. (photo credit: Omer Messinger/Flash90)
May 25, 2012, 2:33 am
Gay Palestinian to court: Deport me and I’ll be killed
Homosexual man from Nablus, living in Tel Aviv, pleads for asylum on the grounds of ‘well-founded fear of persecution’
By Philip Podolsky
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