LGBTQ

Paul Morgan-Bentley, author of 'The Equal Parent,' left, with son Solly and husband Robin. (Courtesy)

Pride month

These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor

In ‘The Equal Parent,’ UK author Paul Morgan-Bentley argues that parents are already sharing the load in rearing kids, which is great for families – now society needs to adapt, too

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

By Michael Bachner

June 26, 2023, 3:02 am

These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor

In ‘The Equal Parent,’ UK author Paul Morgan-Bentley argues that parents are already sharing the load in rearing kids, which is great for families – now society needs to adapt, too

By Robert Philpot

Illustrative: Israelis take part in the annual Pride Parade in Jerusalem on August 1, 2013. (photo credit: Sarah Schuman/Flash90)

June 22, 2023, 12:57 pm

Tel Aviv man indicted for threatening LGBTQ community, transgender women’s center

Elran Rahmani tells investigators trans people are ‘deviant’ and that by Jewish law, ‘sex between men leads to the death penalty’

By ToI Staff

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)

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

This image released by Sony Pictures Animation shows Miles Morales as Spider-Man, voiced by Shameik Moore, left, and and Spider-Gwen, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld, in a scene from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.' (Sony Pictures Animation via AP)

June 17, 2023, 12:08 am

New Spider-Man film yanked from Arab theaters, apparently over transgender flag

No explicit ban announced, but Saudi Cinema group says it won’t approve any film that contradicts nation’s media content regulations

By NICK EL HAJJ

Thousands participate in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, on June 8, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

June 15, 2023, 5:15 pm

Homophobic conference’s claim to be recognized by Education Ministry sparks outrage

Ministry swiftly disavows gathering, as lawmakers and LGBTQ rights groups pan Even Yisrael teacher training event that includes panels featuring gay conversion therapy proponents

By ToI Staff

People participate in the 25th annual Tel Aviv Pride Parade on June 8, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

June 8, 2023, 8:15 pm

‘The best party’: Over 150,000 march in Tel Aviv’s 25th annual Pride Parade

In mostly celebratory atmosphere, parade-goers stress importance of event amid Israeli political tensions: ‘It means everything to be here and show people we’re here’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

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

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 LGBT community and supporters participate in a protest march in support of the transgender community, in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

May 29, 2023, 4:29 am

Protesters decry Hebrew edition launch of book criticizing ‘transgender craze’

Hundreds rally outside event for US writer Abigail Shrier’s ‘Irreversible Damage,’ which says gender dysphoria caused by peer pressure

By ToI Staff

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

Participants march under heavy security in the annual Pride Parade, in Jerusalem, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

May 7, 2023, 5:13 pm

Organizer of Jerusalem Pride Parade tells police of threats against marchers

Open House director says the June 1 event ‘will continue without question,’ calls on law enforcement to deal with those targeting event

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

Security footage shows right-wing protesters trying to take down a pride flag from a balcony in Tel Aviv, April 1, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

April 2, 2023, 5:02 pm

Right-wingers try to remove pride flag from Tel Aviv balcony, twice in a week

Resident accuses youths of swearing, throwing objects at home; says police ‘powerless’ to respond; fears Molotov cocktail attack may come next

By ToI Staff

Graffiti found on the wall of the Tel Aviv LGBTQ Community Center, April 1, 2023. (Police)

April 2, 2023, 2:37 am

Slogan supporting late racist rabbi Meir Kahane found on LGBTQ center in Tel Aviv

‘Kahane lives’ scrawled on building’s exterior, later replaced with ‘the nation of Israel lives’; LGBTQ group says it fears it’s a ‘warning’ of things to come

By ToI Staff