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Participants hoist cut-outs of anti-LGBTQ Israeli politicians and a giant pride flag with the words 'equality' and 'peace' in Hebrew, English and Arabic as they march through Jerusalem's city center during the capital's annual Pride Parade, on June 5, 2025. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
July 18, 2026, 1:28 pm
Study of gay Palestinians who fled West Bank finds persecution by both PA and Israel
HIAS report says Palestinian cities are distributing flyers instructing residents to report, beat LGBTQ individuals, while Israeli authorities are making it harder for them to find refuge or lead normal lives
By Nurit Yohanan
David Zini at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on August 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 23, 2026, 11:43 pm
Zini cancels Shin Bet Pride Month event, pulls budget from LGBTQ group – report
Event organizers reportedly not given reason for last-minute cancellation; employees said to decry move as departure from agency’s values of equality and inclusion
By Stav Levaton and Shira Silkoff
Israeli referee Sapir Berman, 31, the first transgender woman to judge an international soccer match, signals during an Israeli Premier League game between Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Beersheba, in Netanya, on August 24, 2025. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
September 14, 2025, 9:19 am
Israeli transgender ref recalls trailblazing journey to world soccer
Sapir Berman, 31, struggled with her secret all her life until deciding to come out during COVID lockdown, became first transgender woman to officiate an international match in March
By Alice CHANCELLOR
A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
May 10, 2025, 10:37 am
Yeshiva University rescinds approval of LGBTQ+ student group
Orthodox university’s rabbis say ‘Hareni’ violated settlement agreement that allowed for its formation; students refuse to include ‘sexual morality’ disclaimer on club’s ads
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Two participants kiss while holding a pride rainbow flag with a Star of David in Tel Aviv on June 6, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 5, 2025, 4:53 pm
Global LGBTQ group says it’ll lift suspension of Israeli member organization after year
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
By ToI Staff
Hungary’s parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)
April 15, 2025, 3:43 am
Hungary approves bans on LGBTQ+ public events, recognizes two sexes only
Law allows authorities to use facial recognition tools to identify people who attend prohibited events in what critics call another step toward authoritarianism by populist gov’t
By Justin Spike
Illustrative: A poster advertises an LGBTQ event at Yeshiva University, December 15, 2020. (Courtesy of Yeshiva University student organizers)
March 27, 2025, 9:20 pm
After recognizing LGBTQ club, YU president says Pride values ‘antithetical’ to school
Ari Berman denies university has reversed position; new campus group, ‘Hareni,’ says it demonstrates Jewish and LGBTQ identities can coexist in ‘a welcoming academic environment’
By Ben Sales
A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
March 21, 2025, 7:38 pm
After years of litigation, Yeshiva University recognizes LGBTQ student club
‘Hareni’ will operate according to ‘approved guidelines’ of YU’s senior rabbis, statement says; recognition follows long legal struggle that included US Supreme Court hearing
By Ben Sales
Nick Rondoletto, left, and Doug Thorogood, a couple from San Francisco, wave a rainbow flag and hold a sign against a ban of transgendered people in the military at a protest in the Castro District on July 26, 2017, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Olga R. Rodriguez/File)
February 27, 2025, 12:12 pm
Trump moves to bar trans people from US military unless they obtain waiver
Pentagon says transgender troops to be considered for a waiver on case-by-case basis if there is compelling interest in retaining them to serve ‘warfighting capabilities’
By W.G. Dunlop
A person waves an Israeli flag with the transgender pride flag superimposed on it as thousands take part in the annual LGBTQ Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on May 30, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 3:58 pm
Israeli LGBTQ orgs slam Trump’s anti-trans measures, warn they could come to Israel
Responses come after US president, on 1st day in office, signed executive order recognizing only man and woman as genders and putting in place measures against trans community
By ToI Staff
An Israeli man wears a rainbow kippa during the annual Gay Pride march in Jerusalem on July 21, 2016. (Thomas COex/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
October 31, 2024, 11:45 am
Global LGBTQ group suspends Israeli organization, angering queer Jews and allies
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
By Andrew Lapin
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
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