LGBTQ+

US Supreme Court reverses Trump administration push to restrict treatment for transgender inmates

The court denied the Justice Department's emergency request to lift a federal judge's order blocking the Federal Bureau of Prisons from implementing the policy.

Prison cell block
Late Erez Halevi in the cover of one of his albums.

Erez Halevi, Israeli pop pioneer and voice of self-acceptance, dies at 71

MK Yitzhak Pindrus speaks during a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026.

UTJ’s Pindrus calls gay Knesset Speaker Ohana a 'desecration,' Aguda files ethics complaint

 People participate in the first Gay Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon, on July 2, 2021.

International LGBT film festival sets screenings at Tel Aviv Cinematheque


LGBTQ Agudah faces backlash for congratulating Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana on Likud primary win

"When a community member is elected by a large public, when a community member reaches positions of influence at the core of politics, it sends an important message," the association wrote.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana attends a Likud party conference ahead of the party’s primary elections in the northern city of Haifa, August 16, 2026.

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.

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

Online radicalization, lone-actor violence, and Iran-linked networks are placing European security services under pressure from distinct but increasingly simultaneous threats.

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.

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

How a theory of overlapping oppression became, for some, a framework for anti-Israel activism

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

Police added on Sunday morning that several of those wounded had been reportedly hurt with "stabbing weapons."

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.

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.