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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

LGBTQ

A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on Aug. 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
Fans cheer as they watch Lady Gaga's free concert on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
May 5, 2025, 9:24 am
Brazilian police arrest two over alleged bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert
Singer’s free show last week drew some 2.5 million fans to Copacabana Beach and went on as planned; police say suspects sought to target Brazil’s LGBTQ community.
By AP
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 Aug. 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
Muhsin Hendricks, 'the world's first openly gay imam,' speaks in a 2023 interview. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 16, 2025, 3:13 pm
‘First openly gay imam’ shot dead in South Africa, cops say motive unknown
Muhsin Hendricks, subject of 2022 documentary ‘The Radical,’ ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalized Muslims near his birth place of Cape Town
By AFP
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
Romi (Ruhama) Eliyahu Bernat (Courtesy)
October 28, 2024, 10:39 pm
Romi Eliyahu Bernat, 38: Mom whose blended family united in her wake
Murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
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
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