Gay

Emily Damari proposes to girlfriend Danielle Amit at event marking a year since release from Hamas

Damari was released from Hamas captivity in January 2025 alongside former hostages Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher. 

Former hostage Emily Damari and her girlfriend, social media influencer Danielle Amit.
Burned flag found in home of 16-year-old from Bnei Brak.

Police arrest 16-year-old from Bnei Brak suspected of setting fire to Pride flag in Tel Aviv

  Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families.

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key - opinion

A person looks at the Grindr app in the App Store on a phone in Los Angeles on March 27, 2019. A Chinese firm has been ordered by American national security officials to sell popular gay dating app Grindr, The Wall Street Journal reported on March 27.

TikTok monitored Grindr activity through third-party tracker, privacy group alleges


EU chastises Brunei for 'retrograde' death penalty for gay sex, adultery

Along with stoning for sodomy, the laws impose the death penalty on rapists and punish thieves with amputation.

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah salutes during the 34th National Day celebrations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei February 24, 2018

Liberal Orthodox yeshiva says it will not ordain gay student

Signaling a red line on how far Modern Orthodoxy is prepared to bend to adjust to societal changes, a liberal New York City seminary will not ordain an openly gay student.

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

Botswana court case to challenge legality of gay sex

The southern Africa country of Botswana outlaws "carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature" and those convicted face jail sentences of up to seven years.

Muthoni Ngige, a member the Kenyan homosexual community pays tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, U.S., in Kenya's capital Nairobi June 14, 2016

Jewish Agency to help gay employees with surrogacy costs

The Jewish Agency will become the first state body to help gay couples with surrogacy costs in light of ongoing ineligibility of gay couples for surrogacy in Israel.

 Hundreds of members of LGBT community protest surrogacy law in Tel Aviv

Gay man wins discrimination case against Jerusalem pizzeria

Sammy Kanter was thrown out of Ben Yehuda Pizza by an employee after affirming that he was gay.

BEN ROSEN, friend of rabbinical student Sammy Kanter, posted on the Secret Jerusalem Facebook page on Friday at 5:14 p.m. after the incident occurred, urging people in Jerusalem to boycott the pizzeria for discrimination.

Israeli Eurovision-ISIS satire show draws French ire

KAN vows not to shelve upcoming dark comedy, despite concerns from the European Broadcasting Union

A scene from the controversial upcoming KAN show 'Douze Points.'

Jewish-American lesbian elected Michigan Attorney General

Nessel, who grew up attending the Reform congregation Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield Township, in the Detroit metropolitan area, traces many of her values back to Judaism.

Plaintiffs April Deboer (L) and her partner Jayne Rowse leave the Federal Court with their attorney Dana Nessel (R) following closing arguments on their trial that could overturn Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage in Detroit, Michigan March 7, 2014

Trump launches global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality

A report from The Jerusalem Post on death penalty for Iranian gays played a role in ending criminalization of gays.

Members of LGBT community take part in a Gay Pride parade in central Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2018

A Star is born

“I have known I am genderqueer for almost two years,” Star told me. “I remember discovering the term ‘genderqueer’ and thinking, ‘Hey! That’s me.’”

Star Cohen

Orthodox Jewish parents want more openness on LGBTQ issues, survey finds

The survey of over 70 parents, the vast majority of whom are Modern Orthodox, found that they all supported a change in how the Orthodox community. relates to LGBTQ Jews.

Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade participant shakes hands with a religious Jewish man