New rules in the U.S. and Canada mean at least 17 gay couples are unable to obtain the necessary travel documents to bring their surrogate children back to Israel
The signatories back the Palestinian queer community, but TLVFest's founder says 'harm to the festival and the artists who choose to take part will only paralyze the voices of optimism in Israel'
In the great Turkish metropolis, homophobia and gender oppression coexist with an ancient tradition of nonbinary splendor
Is there a gay gene? Is there a sexuality spectrum? A wide-ranging study reignites the debate
The Labor and Social Services Ministry apologized, adding it was a mistake of an individual employee and all types of families are entitled to equal rights
Thanks to the popularity of TV shows like ‘Drag Race’ and ‘Pose,’ the ball scene has never been more in, well, vogue. But can it take off in Tel Aviv?
While there will be many ultra-Orthodox lawmakers, there are only nine religious-Zionist/Modern Orthodox legislators — though the Arab community and Russian-speaking Israelis are well represented
'It would be better if they cast off their kippah and Shabbat [observance] and show their true faces,' the rabbi said
Still reeling from the Education Minister’s endorsement of 'conversion therapy,' we in Israel’s LGBTQ community are now told by an ex-chief rabbi we’re unfit to be Jews. Jewish religious leaders are spreading darkness from Jerusalem
Despite the Health Ministry issuing an official warning against such practice in 2014, a small group of licensed professionals who immigrated from the U.S. continue to perform 'conversion therapy'
Evan Cohen’s appointment comes day after Netanyahu distanced his government from Education Minister Rafi Peretz’s comments in favor of conversation therapy
Young Israeli men who emerge from the closet may find their way to the gay community through its intense nightlife. Some get lost in the drugs, orgies and sexual assault
'We are marching today in the biggest and most consistent protest in Israel, demanding equal rights so that every person can write their own story,' says head of Association for LGBTQ Equality
Neta Hadid was buried in a religious ceremony with rabbis taking part, while in eulogies she was addressed as both a man and a woman
In the second year in a row, Tel Aviv hosted the international TAG games for the LGBTQ community. “The atmosphere is never sexual,” says one Indian-British visitor from London who grew up in Dubai
Want a model as your egg donor? Fork over another $8,500. Want boy-and-girl twins? Try genetic engineering. Like many gay couples, we turned to surrogacy. But given the life story of the woman who carried our twins, we had to wonder if surrogacy can ever be moral
An Israeli professor describes his difficult path toward coming to terms with his gay son, the dancer-choreographer Ido Tadmor
Tsivia Barkai Yacov speaks with Haaretz about 'Red Cow' and the experiences that shaped her
Members who perform conversion therapy could now be expelled from the Israel Medical Association, which represents 90 percent of the country’s doctors
Omra Levi-Hazan was left on her own, with two small children. Her battle to get her partner recognized as a mother posthumously is story of true grit, but also of Israel's institutionalized insensitivity toward the LGBT families
Netanyahu was forced to participate in a debate over a recently adopted surrogacy law after lawmakers gathered a requisite 40 signatures for him to do so
Israel registers heterosexual couples as parents without any residency condition. 'We are sad that our country is fighting and abandoning us by appealing a justified and progressive decision,' the women said
Rejection of compromise proposed by High Court leaves decision to the justices
Even today, the greatest liberals snort in contempt at the sight of pesky feminists who courageously fight against tremendous odds
'There is a big gap between what Netanyahu writes and the real discrimination the LGBTQ community is experiencing in Israel,' activists say in response
Like the LGBT community, the Druze are fighting an erosion of their favored status – and just might help the country achieve a state based on justice
The memo of the bill comes a year after a High Court challenge to the state’s policy that prohibited adoption in Israel by anyone other than ‘a man and his wife together’