LGBTQ+

Former Blue and White member MK Eitan Ginzburg joins Naftali Bennett’s B’Yachad party

Ginzburg is the fourth of Blue and White’s eight MKs to defect ahead of the elections, with Biton and Farkash joining Eisenkot’s Yashar, and Tropper joining the Reservists’ Hendel.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett (R), MK Eitan Ginzburg.
Tourists and visitors observe and pay respects at a makeshift memorial set in Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg gate, one week after the Christopher Street Day pride parade attack on August 2, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin attack highlights Europe’s shift to individualized, multi-layered terror threats - analysis

Protesters in France hold a sign that reads FEMINISTS AND QUEER PEOPLE STAND WITH GAZA during the 2026 Suburban Pride which took place in Aubervilliers in support of LGBTQ people in working class neighborhoods in June.PremiumPremium

'Queers for Palestine' and the intersectionality trap fueling antisemitism - analysis

Police officers walk, as emergency responders work on the site, after the annual Berlin's Christopher Street Day Pride parade was called off, after a car crashed into the crowd at Tiergarten park, leaving several people injured, in Berlin, Germany, July 25, 2026.

Suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police in Berlin suburb


US Education Department removes rules against discrimination, civil rights groups condemned move

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April 2025 opposing disparate impact regulations and asked federal agencies to not enforce them.

US President Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, while he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.

One in four Tel Aviv-Jaffa families headed by a single parent, report finds

The rate is significantly higher than the 15% national average, with women heading 96% of the city’s 13,412 reported single-parent families.

‘TO BE a parent in Israel is almost obligatory’: Israel’s national health insurance system offers one of the world’s most generous fertility packages.

'As a queer Jew, I don't feel welcome': New report examines antisemitism in Berlin's LGBTQ+ scene

Jewish LGBTQ+ Berliners report feeling increasingly unwelcome in queer spaces after October 7, according to a new government-commissioned report.

A participant draped in a rainbow flag with a Star of David marches with others towards Berlin's victory column during the 2025 Christopher Street Day CSD Berlin Pride march, in Berlin, Germany. July 26, 2025

Trump administration unlawfully gave Iran info on asylum seekers set for deportation - report

In February 2026, 12 senators jointly sent a letter to Rubio expressing their concern over the deportation of the asylum seekers back to Iran.

An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City; Illustrative.

Egypt follows Turkey in denying LGBTQ+ cruise access to port over ‘misaligned moral values’

“It’s pretty stunning, to be honest. I mean, and the reasoning behind it is that it’s a gay group,” said Rich Campbell, the CEO of Atlantis Events chartering the cruise.

The seafront in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria in Egypt. November 14, 2016.

The absurdity of ‘Queers for Palestine’ - opinion

Serious queer politics would defend queer Palestinians and speak honestly about their horrendous situation in Gaza and the West Bank. 

A WOMAN holds a placard reading ‘Queers 4 Palestine’ during the 2023 Taiwan Pride Parade.

Turkey's LGBT crackdown rooted in Erdogan's conservative religious push, experts tell 'Post'

The comments followed over 50 detentions at banned Istanbul Pride and after Turkish officials denied docking permission to a long-planned LGBT cruise.

Protesters hold up Pride flags as they stand in front of riot police officers in Izmir, Turkey, on June 27, 2026.

Bank Hapoalim marked Pride Month in an emotional meeting with Tal Ramon

The meeting focused on resilience and self–discovery from Ramon's life journey, and joins the organization's initiatives to promote an inclusive and diverse work environment.

Yadin Antebi, the CEO of Bank Hapoalim

The warmth of community, the heat of hostility: Yona Speidel’s Jewish journey

“Zionism is not a dirty word,” wrote Speidel in a social media post. “It is the belief in Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.”

Yona Speidel, the television writer and producer formerly known as Our Lady J.

San Francisco Trans March downplays harassment of LGBTQ Jewish politician Scott Wiener

In the filmed confrontation at the Friday march, most of Wiener’s hecklers referred to Israel and Gaza, causing him to leave the event rather than attend a scheduled Pride Shabbat.

Scott Wiener makes his way down Market street during the San Francisco Pride Parade on June 28, 2026 in San Francisco, California.