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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

LGBTQ rights

Johan Floderus kneels down and proposes to his boyfriend at Arlanda airport near Stockholm, Sweden, June 15, 2024. (Tom Samuelsson/Regeringskansliet via AFP)
June 18, 2024, 4:54 pm
Swedish man released from Iran proposes to boyfriend upon landing
Johan Floderus set free alongside Saeed Azizi in exchange deal that saw Stockholm release convicted war criminal Hamid Noury
By AFP
A participant faces riot policemen wearing a rainbow flag during a Pride march in Istanbul, on June 26, 2022. (KEMAL ASLAN / AFP)
May 18, 2024, 8:42 am
US issues global terror alert ahead of Pride Month, fearing attacks on LGBTQ+ community
State Department warns US citizens overseas to exercise caution; Blinken: Community faces ‘insidious forms of stigma and discrimination’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr burn a poster depicting an LGBTQ+ flag during a protest in Karbala on June 29, 2023. (Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)
April 28, 2024, 1:10 pm
Iraq criminalizes same-sex relations, sets 10-15 year prison sentence
New law also makes it illegal to undergo or perform gender-affirming treatment for transgender people
By AFP
People dance underneath a giant rainbow banner during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade in Jerusalem on June 1, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
March 21, 2024, 3:57 pm
High Court orders government to redo birth certificates for same-sex couple moms
Ruling hailed as historic win for LGBTQ parents seeking to have second mother added to child’s legal document following years-long struggle
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Supporters of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community attend a sit-in to protest the ongoing criminalization of homosexuality and arbitrary arrests in front of Hobeich police station, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 15, 2016. (AP/Hussein Malla)
September 1, 2023, 11:45 am
Lebanese politicians ramp up fight against LGBTQ community
Once seen as relatively tolerant for a Middle Eastern country, Lebanon’s political leaders have become unified in efforts to scapegoat the LGBTQ community
By BASSEM MROUE and Kareem Chehayeb
File: LGBTQ supporters hold a rally outside the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters as they stand against the Leave Our Kids Alone, a group opposing LGBTQ education, at a demonstration in Los Angeles, August 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
August 30, 2023, 3:21 pm
Canada warns LGBTQ citizens of possible travel risk in parts of US
Advisory usually reserved for countries like Russia, Egypt, and Uganda comes as some states impose bans on drag shows, restrict transgender participation in sports
By AFP
A screenshot of Daniel Bloom's Instagram post in which he told of his experiences as a gay soldier in the IDF. (Instagram screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 6, 2023, 10:46 am
Soldier from IDF special forces unit says he was harassed over his sexual orientation
Daniel Bloom says was he locked outside in rain, subjected to homophobic slander without support from squadron, commanders; IDF: Officers spoke with soldiers involved, opened probe
By ToI Staff
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Ryan Gosling, left, and Margot Robbie in a scene from 'Barbie' (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP, File)
August 5, 2023, 8:24 am
After 3 week delay, ‘Barbie’ movie set to be released in United Arab Emirates
No explanation given for holdup, but movie’s inclusion of a transgender actress in one of the Barbie roles and other messaging on LGBTQ+ issues could have been issue
By AP
A family at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, before the start of a hearing on the Child Adoption Law, on August 2, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 5:43 pm
High Court hears petition on adoption by LGBTQ couples: ‘Decision cannot be avoided’
Justice Uzi Vogelman says ruling on matter will be necessary as there is ‘no prospect that this will come to legislation’
By ToI Staff
An Iranian morality policewoman walks between morality police vehicles, preparing to start a crackdown to enforce Islamic dress code in Tehran, July 23, 2007. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)
July 30, 2023, 11:52 am
Iranian official promoting Islamic values suspended over alleged gay sex tape
Unverified video said to show Gilan province’s head of culture and Islamic guidance, Reza Tsaghati, engaged in sexual relations with another man
By 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
Participants march during the 28th Budapest Pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, July 15, 2023. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)
July 16, 2023, 5:32 pm
Israel refuses to sign joint statement slating Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ laws – report
Foreign Ministry official quoted saying Jerusalem seeking to avoid ‘attack’ on allied government; Lapid says coalition ‘taken hostage by extremist minority of fanatics’
By ToI Staff and AP
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi speaks at a joint press conference after meeting with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni at State House in Entebbe, Uganda July 12, 2023. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)
July 13, 2023, 3:42 pm
In Uganda, Iran president attacks Western LGBTQ rights as ending humanity
Ebrahim Raisi offers support for Kampala, which recently passed law making ‘aggravated homosexuality’ a capital offense, with up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations
By AFP
Illustrative: a man takes a photo of a multicoloured cake in a window display of a cake shop. (AP Photo/Paul White)
July 8, 2023, 5:06 pm
NJ Jews reel after kosher baker rejects synagogue’s order for rainbow Pride treats
When the West Orange Bake Shop wouldn’t supply cupcakes supporting the LGBTQ community, a firestorm ensued – which the Orthodox owner says is fueling more divisiveness
By Andrew Lapin
Members and allies of Eshel, an advocacy group for LGBTQ Orthodox Jews and their families, march in Highland Park, New Jersey, as Pride flags are restored to a public street after they had been removed at the request of Orthodox rabbis, June 26, 2023. (Courtesy of Eshel via JTA)
July 2, 2023, 4:02 am
After taking down Pride flags at request of 2 synagogues, NJ town puts them back up
The confrontation reflects a decades-long struggle with accepting LGBTQ people by some in the Orthodox world, but has also seen allies of the gay community rally in support
By Andrew Lapin
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