Live-in Farm Program in Israel Rejects Transgender Man Over ‘Logistics’

Organization said man’s participation would violate other participants’ rights to privacy, while calling man’s claims of discrimination 'ridiculous'

Is Sexual Orientation Genetic? Yes and No, an Extensive Study Finds

Is there a gay gene? Is there a sexuality spectrum? A wide-ranging study reignites the debate

Israeli Ministry Demands Male Gay Couple Identify 'Which Is the Mother' to Get Daycare Funding

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

This Trans Artist Couldn’t Register as a Woman in Israel. Until Haaretz Intervened

Yishay Garbasz, a transgender woman who lives and works in Berlin, had not visited Israel for more than a decade while fighting to be listed as female on her Israeli passport

A War Over the Future of Judaism Rages in This Small Long Island Community

West Hempstead’s Jews pride themselves on their ‘live and let live’ attitude — but their rabbis’ hard-line response to the LGBTQ community has infuriated many. An unbelievable tale of love, hate and shuls in kosher Chinese restaurants

Move Over, RuPaul: Ball Culture Arrives in Israel

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?

Yeshiva University Student Body Refuses to Recognize Group After It Organized LGBTQ Protest

Demonstration by College Democrats group earlier this month had called on the university to allow LGBTQ events on campus, something organizers say is regularly denied

Israeli Court Waives Requirement for Lesbian Couple's Parenthood Case

Petah Tikva Family Court rejects state's demand that a lesbian woman provide documents, which are not required of heterosexual couples, in order to gain status as non-biological parent

Israel Election Results: Fewer Women and LGBT People — but Lots of Ex-generals — in New Knesset

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 Feels Like My Own School Hates Me': Yeshiva University Students Protest for LGBTQ Representation

Organizers are demanding the university condemn homophobic rhetoric on campus, allow LGBTQ events on campus and promote dialogue between students and faculty members

We Are Hiding a Filipino Girl to Protect Her From Deportation

Ocasio-Cortez Mocks 'Straight Pride' Parade: More Like a 'I-Struggle-With-Masculinity' Parade

The parade included marchers carrying signs such as '2020 Trump' and 'Build The Wall'

Meet the Israeli Political Party Waging a Holy War Against the LGBTQ Community

With a platform straight out of a Margaret Atwood novel, the Noam Party is hoping to win seats in the next Knesset. Even if it fails, its anti-secular agenda is gaining ground on the Zionist, religious right

Letters to the Editor: Shielding Russian Children From Propaganda

Brothers of Teen Stabbed at Tel Aviv LGBTQ Shelter Charged With Attempted Murder

Two brothers also charged with assaulting 16-year-old in March, when the victim is said to have lost consciousness, over their objection to his sexual identity

Targeting LGBTQ Organization, Palestinian Authority Calls to Halt West Bank Community Event

West Bank police statement, which sparked wave of violent incitement on social media, specifically went after Nablus 'queer camp' held by al-Qaws Organization

Analysis On Women, Israeli Army Could Learn From U.S. Military

Recent news reports from Israel sound to some U.S. officers like fairy tales from a faraway land

New Trump Admin Rule Would Let Religious Employers Fire LGBT, Jewish Employees, Critics Warn

''No Jews, No Gays, need apply’ is utterly unacceptable & the proposal must be withdrawn,' the ADL wrote in response to new Labor Department proposal

Justice Minister Pushes Bill to End Adoption Discrimination Against Israeli LGBT Couples

Amir Ohana's proposed bill is only a symbolic declaration as this point, as no new legislation can be advanced until after the September election

Heated Argument Breaks Out in Haifa Council Meeting Over Gay Pride Flags

In response to Pride flags being brought into meeting, religious party representative returns with large Israeli flag and shirt reading 'honor thy father and mother'

Israeli Election Panel Rules anti-LGBT Campaign Ads Be Allowed to Run

The ads, which companies refused to publish, read: 'Pride and buying children, or my son marrying a woman,' and 'Reform, or my grandson remaining Jewish'

This Trans Actress Is Starring in Israel's Most Progressive Plot Line Yet

After a series of odd jobs and rejections, LeeOz Levy was cast in television crime series 'Magpie,' which follows the story of an ex-convict trying to become an informant

Israel Fails to Implement Rehabilitation Programs for Sex Workers After Landmark Decision

Despite approving a $24 million plan to help thousands of women and men, the money has not been distributed nor has funds been assigned

Dutch Band Pulls Out of Lebanon Festival in Solidarity With Censored Local Artists

'We will never be silenced,' vows Mashrou' Leila, whose concert was cancelled under church pressure, seen by activists as part of rising attacks on marginalized groups

LGBTQ Arabs, Allies Hold First-ever Protest in Israel Following Teen's Tel Aviv Stabbing

After arrests of family members in attack of 16-year-old outside youth shelter, Haifa protest dedicated to acceptance of LGBTQ people in Arab society

Israeli Police Arrest Brothers of Teen Stabbed Outside Tel Aviv LGBTQ Shelter

Suspects deny involvement, claim they didn't know they were wanted as police searched for them for days

Lebanon Festival Nixes Show of Indie Rock Band Amid Religious Pressure

Mashrou' Leila, whose vocalist is openly gay, says it is the target of a smear campaign in Lebanon to crush freedom of expression

Opinion Smotrich Isn’t Only a Homophobe

With Settlements Strong on Israeli Agenda, Haredi Nationalists Pick Up the Fight for 'Family Values'

With religious teens exposed to LGBTQ issues at an earlier age, an Orthodox feminist revolution and Education Ministry incentives, ultra-Orthodox nationalists feel that they are losing political reins