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Queer Palestinian community holds ‘historic’ protest against LGBT violence
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Haifa on Thursday to protest against LGBT violence, following the stabbing of a transgender Arab teen. ‘The protest represents a voice calling for liberation without restraints – not of the occupiers, and not of the patriarchy.’ The queer Palestinian community organized an unprecedented protest in Haifa on Thursday, as approximately…
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Oren Ziv
August 2, 2019
Israel’s deafening silence on Chechnya
Israel claims that its attitude towards the LGBT community within its borders is proof of its ‘light unto the nations’ status. So why is the government silent when LGBTs overseas are rounded up and tortured? By Ilan Manor One winter morning during his second tenure as British prime minister, Winston Churchill awoke to a scandal: two…
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May 10, 2017
Homophobia rears its ugly head in Pride month in Israel
‘Sick,’ ‘perverts,’ ‘abomination,’ ‘blasphemers,’ ‘handicapped’: Hate speech against Israel’s LGBTQ community has reached fever pitch this week, and comes as police have detained queer activists and the High Court has capitulated to homophobia. The last seven days in Israel have been particularly hostile for the country’s LGBTQ community. A steady stream of homophobic slander from nationalist and…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
July 21, 2016
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Did the Israeli government just admit to ‘pinkwashing?’
LGBTQ organizations in Israel are threatening to cancel Tel Aviv’s yearly Pride Parade unless the government allocates more money to their groups and causes at home — and not just use the parade to promote Israel as a bastion of progressive liberalism overseas. The government’s response? Pull the international promotional budget. By Yael Marom The…
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April 19, 2016
Increasing homophobia mars Knesset LGBT day
As the Knesset marks first ever ‘gay community rights day,’ new reports on homophobia in Israel show 80 percent increase in documented homophobic incidents, alarming statistics about levels of violence faced by the LGBT community. The state of LGBT rights in Israel can effectively be summed up in a series of events surrounding the Knesset’s first…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
February 26, 2016
Israel’s ethnic purity police presents: Anti-assimilation for men
In its ongoing efforts to save every Jewish soul, anti-assimilation group Yad L’Achim has broadened its offerings and is now extending its marriage-wrecking service to Jewish men in relationships with non-Jewish women. Israeli anti-miscegenation group Yad L’Achim took a step towards equality last week when it announced via its website that it had rolled out…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
February 15, 2016
Are IDF intelligence vets helping Uganda hunt down LGBTs?
An investigative report reveals that an Israeli company is involved in supplying spyware to the Ugandan government, which is being used for the persecution of LGBT activists in the country. By Tanya Rubinstein In Uganda today, homosexual relations are illegal. Ugandan legislators are trying to make LGBT activities illegal, including LGBT organizations themselves. Activists are…
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September 6, 2015
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