Even in the Nazi camps, homophobia 'helped' inmates distance themselves from those considered 'other.' Even today, Jewish gay and lesbian victims are still erased from how we talk about the Holocaust
'Our project is about changing the world through the insights of queer people but for the benefit of everybody, just like the feminist project isn’t ultimately for the benefit of women only,' said rabbi Benay Lappe
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
A liberal Orthodox rabbinical seminary refused to ordain Daniel Atwood because of his sexual orientation
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
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
Police initially set different terms for the parade's execution, which included setting up 2-meter tall fences because of the 'sensitivity' of the event. Following a High Court appeal by organizers, the demands were withdrawn
Originally, police said they wouldn’t grant a permit for the parade without a two-meter fence, due to the 'sensitivity' of the event. in a submission to the High Court of Justice, the state says this requirement is withdrawn
Among the requirements are a 2-meter-high fence along the route and staying away from the local Chabad House – to protect the marchers, say police
Both Netanyahu and Deputy Health Minister Litzman oppose allowing single-sex couples to arrange surrogate births in Israel, claiming it would create a back-door method to allow single men to use surrogates
Tel Aviv may grab all of the headlines and plaudits as a gay mecca, but Haifa is determined to grab a piece of the action
Young Jews in the LGBTQ community often feel the need to live double lives, but now a New York-based group is empowering them to take pride in who they are
The synagogue began including same-sex marriages in its announcements earlier this year, but will no longer following a complaint by the Orthodox Union
Clinton: ‘Empathy should not only be at the center of our individual lives and our spiritual lives, but it should be at the center of our public life’
Back in 1992 the congregation was so small that Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum was its first paid staffer. Now it's so popular it has to hold High Holiday services at the Javits Center
MK Yigal Guetta left the ultra-Orthodox Shas party after prominent rabbis demanded his resignation for attending a same-sex marriage
After winning the case that helped pave the way for same-sex marriage in U.S., Windsor headed to her New York City shul which caters to Manhattan's gay Jewish community
After more than two years of appeals, mother must continue to keep a kosher home and send her kids to Hasidic schools in order maintain custody over her three children
22 people were arrested, one was carrying a knife; police are taking steps to prevent a repeat of the 2015 murder of a teenage girl at the parade
Hundreds of police and security guards will safeguard the marchers, two years after teenager Shira Banki was murdered at the parade
A SlutWalk Chicago organizer tells Haaretz that anyone who wishes to protest rape culture is welcome at the event, two weeks after movement said Zionist displays will be banned
Government officials tried to blame society's intolerance for their refusal to recognize same-sex adoptions - but the fault is in themselves
The state's objection to adoption by same-sex couples is another chapter in the state’s abuse of LGBT families
Hammond, who is Jewish, told JTA that in the wake of her article, she received dozens of threatening anonymous phone calls
Gretchen Rachel Hammond was ‘bullied’ after reporting on removal of Jewish Gay Pride flags at June rally, says Miriam Churchill
The term 'Zio,' favored by white supremacists, was used to celebrate the demotion of the journalist who reported the removal of three marchers with Jewish Gay Pride flag in June
Gretchen Rachel Hammond, reporter for the Windy City Times has been moved full-time to the paper’s sales desk
Organizers promise to find a solution but have yet to change the date
Jews and queers are natural allies. But the Chicago Dyke March's rejection of Jewish symbols begs the question: Are Jews no longer welcome in LGBTQ spaces?
If Jared Polis wins, the 42-year-old would make history in more ways than one