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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

LGBTQ

Thomas Jolly, the artistic director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, poses sitting on a wall near the Seine River with the Eiffel tower in the background (R), in Paris, on July 2, 2024. (Joel Saget / AFP)
August 3, 2024, 1:38 am
Olympics ceremony director threatened for sexual identity, false claim of Israeli roots
French police say they have opened an investigation into online threats, hate speech against Thomas Jolly; LGBTQ+ icon who performed in opening event also faces online abuse
By AP
A supporter of Israel takes part in the New York City Pride March on June 30, 2024, in New York City. (Adam GRAY / AFP)
July 10, 2024, 3:02 am
Isolated by their ‘allies,’ LGBTQ Jews in US gather to parse Pride’s anti-Israel leanings
As supporters of the Jewish state feel increasingly unwelcome at events for the Queer community, they turn to each other for support, while mulling what feels like betrayal
By Cathryn J. Prince
Zaniar Matapour appears in court in Oslo, Norway, March 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
July 4, 2024, 5:49 pm
Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty of terror attack at Oslo LGBTQ festival
Zaniar Matapour, who had sworn allegiance to ISIS, sentenced to 30 years after killing two people and seriously wounding nine in the Norwegian capital in 2022
By JAN M. OLSEN
President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room at the White House in Washington, June 4, 2024. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
June 26, 2024, 1:20 pm
Biden pardons all veterans convicted of violating defunct gay sex ban
White House estimates pardon will affect thousands, mostly convicted before institution of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, itself repealed in 2011
By Zeke Miller
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
People taking part in last year's pride parade in Jerusalem, June 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2024, 1:01 pm
Jerusalem Pride Parade takes place with hostage families leading the march
Event promoted with image of fallen soldier Sagi Golan, who became symbol of LGBTQ community when he was killed on Oct. 7 days before his wedding; his fiancé set to deliver address
By ToI Staff
French director and screenwriter Yolande Zauberman (R), French Lucky Love (R), Israeli actress Talleen Abu Hanna (3rd R), Israeli actress Israela (C) arrive for the screening of the film 'La belle de Gaza' at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2024. (Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
May 18, 2024, 9:20 am
Docu highlighting plight, bravery of Palestinian trans women in Israel debuts at Cannes
Focused on search for a trans woman rumored to have walked from Gaza to Tel Aviv, Yolande Zauberman’s ‘The Belle From Gaza’ highlights those she calls ‘warriors of their own destiny’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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
Thousands take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2024, 7:18 pm
Jerusalem Pride parade to march for hostages’ release, LGBTQ rights
Organizers say ‘Born to be Free’ banner symbolizes both the struggle to free captives held since October 7 and gay rights — ‘the demand for freedom and a safe life for everyone’
By ToI Staff
People participate in the 25th annual Tel Aviv Pride Parade on June 8, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 8, 2024, 7:04 pm
Tel Aviv cancels annual Pride Parade out of respect for hostage situation
Mayor says city and LGBTQ groups will instead rally for ‘pride, hope and liberty’; Jerusalem Open House announces May 30 march still on as part of struggle for captives’ return
By ToI Staff
Pope Francis meets at the Vatican with relatives of Shiri, Yarden, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, who have been held hostage in Gaza since October 7, on April 8, 2024. (Vatican Media handout via AFP)
April 8, 2024, 4:08 pm
Vatican: Gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy ‘contradictory to human dignity’
New 20-page doctrinal statement also reiterates rejection of gender theory; pope’s confidant casts document as conservative kowtow to anti-gay cardinals miffed by liberal pontiff
By Nicole Winfield
File: The Darvish (R) and Judy LaDivina (L) perform during Berlin Pride on July 22, 2023. (Screen capture: Youtube/ALEX Berlin, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 25, 2024, 11:45 am
Berlin drag show showcases Israeli-Arab coexistence in trying times
Yearslong partnership of Israeli, Syrian performers persists in ‘Together,’ a Hebrew-English-Arabic extravaganza adapted to wartime grief
By Reuters
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
Sheila Weinberg, the first transgender Israeli to be elected to a city council. (LinkedIn: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 29, 2024, 12:09 pm
In Kiryat Tivon, residents elect Israel’s first transgender city councilor
‘I want an equal place at the table,’ says long-time activist Sheila Weinberg; LGBTQ rights group thanks her for ‘breaking the glass walls for all of us’
By Sam Sokol
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
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