LGBTQ rights

United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Pindrus gives an interview on June 20, 2023. (Screenshot: Channel 12; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Coalition MK: LGBTQ community poses greater threat to Israel than Hezbollah or Hamas

Yitzhak Pindrus of the United Torah Judaism party says that it’s his duty to ‘not only prevent the Pride parade, but in general to prevent this movement’

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, October 18, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons via JTA)

June 24, 2023, 1:00 pm

Charleston rabbi resigns, leaving South Carolina over anti-LGBTQ legislation

Greg Kanter, one of three rabbis at historic Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim congregation, tells community his family will move ‘to a place that will not target us and our human rights’

By Andrew Lapin

June 21, 2023, 11:22 am

Coalition MK: LGBTQ community poses greater threat to Israel than Hezbollah or Hamas

Yitzhak Pindrus of the United Torah Judaism party says that it’s his duty to ‘not only prevent the Pride parade, but in general to prevent this movement’

By Michael Bachner

Participants at the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, on June 10, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

June 8, 2023, 9:08 am

Tens of thousands set to attend Tel Aviv’s 25th Pride Parade

Event marking anniversary of LGBTQ community’s annual parade to be split in two due to intense heat, with march taking place Thursday afternoon and party on Friday

By Michael Horovitz

MK Yosef Taieb, chair of the Knesset Education, Culture, and Sports Committee leads a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 6, 2023, 10:05 pm

Ultra-Orthodox MK cheered for (mistakenly) joining LGBTQ rights meet

Shas’s Yosef Taieb slips out shortly after Knesset LGBTQ lobby members applaud him, thinking he’d joined discussion intentionally; he apparently expected a Higher Education meeting

By Stuart Winer

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana attends an Independence Day state ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 6, 2023, 3:14 pm

Knesset Speaker Ohana stays away from special LGBTQ rights session

Likud MK, the first openly gay head of the parliament, says he can’t attend due to hosting Kazakhstan’s Senate speaker; only one coalition MK takes part

By ToI Staff

An Israeli Border Police guard stands guard as people draped in rainbow flags march during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade in Jerusalem on June 1, 2023. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

June 2, 2023, 8:31 pm

Police arrest Beit Shemesh teen after mob attack on Jerusalem Pride participants

Two men were assaulted at bus station after heavily secured march took place without incident; other suspects also seen lighting pride flag on fire at park

By ToI Staff

People march during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade on June 1, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

June 1, 2023, 8:38 pm

30,000 march in Jerusalem Pride Parade under tight security but without incident

National Security Minister Ben Gvir jeered by participants, who shout ‘Nazis out’ at the far-right minister; marchers also call to protect democracy, hold anti-overhaul banners

By Jeremy Sharon

Thousands take part in the annual Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 1, 2023, 7:54 am

Police on high alert ahead of Jerusalem Pride Parade threatened by violence

Far-right anti-LGBTQ group calls for large counter-rally against ‘Abomination Parade’; about 2,000 cops, some undercover, deployed to secure tense event; 3 arrested ahead of parade

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Likud MK Nissim Vaturi attends a discussion in the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 31, 2023, 5:20 pm

Likud MK: Some parents try to make their sons gay by giving them dolls to play with

Nissim Vaturi defends granting of control over vendor-provided curricula in schools to far-right lawmaker Avi Maoz, urges no promotion of any kind of gender identity

By ToI Staff

A participant waves a rainbow flag during a Pride march in Istanbul, on June 26, 2022 (KEMAL ASLAN / AFP)

May 29, 2023, 1:30 pm

‘I feel deeply afraid’: Turkey’s LGBTQ community dreads future under Erdogan

Turkish president made community a target during highly divisive campaign for reelection, calling it ‘perverse’

By Eylul YASAR

Members of the LGBQT community and supporters protest against Jerusalem city council member Yonatan Yosef, outside the Jerusalem Municipality town hall on May 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 22, 2023, 6:35 pm

Jerusalem deputy mayor, council member panned for ‘vile’ rant against LGBTQ people

At festive council meeting to mark unification of city, right-wing politicians call members of the community mentally ill

By ToI Staff

May 18, 2023, 9:08 pm

In first, Tel Aviv religious council offers funds to Orthodox LGBTQ women’s group

Bat Kol says it requested grant of thousands of shekels for program geared toward drawing queer community into Jewish life; council head says funds open to all that fit criteria

By Michael Horovitz

Thousands take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

May 15, 2023, 6:00 pm

Police arrest man over threats to organizers of Jerusalem Pride Parade

37-year-old resident of Ma’ale Efraim settlement ordered by the court to stay away from LGBTQ events for the rest of the year after he emailed death threats to Jerusalem Open House

By ToI Staff

A statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse stands in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, January 9, 2019 (AP/John Raoux, File)

April 27, 2023, 7:38 am

Disney sues DeSantis, says park takeover retaliation for expressing political view

Battle began when state passed ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law banning lessons in early grades on sexual orientation and gender identity, opposed by entertainment giant after public pressure

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

Illustrative: A Yeshiva University building in New York City, January 13, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

February 28, 2023, 9:27 pm

NYC official: Yeshiva University public funds at risk due to LGBTQ policy

Funding for flagship Modern Orthodox university is increasingly under scrutiny as it argues it is legally a religious institution to avoid recognizing student Pride group

By Luke Tress