Posts Tagged: LGBT Community Israel
Orlando Shooting Victims Remembered at Tel Aviv Event
JNS.org - About 100 members of Israel’s LGBT community held a memorial event on Tuesday in honor of the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in...
Tel Aviv’s Gay Pride Parade Draws Estimated 200,000 People
JNS.org - An estimated 200,000 people—including 30,000 tourists—participated in Tel Aviv’s gay pride parade on Friday, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry. This year’s parade began at...
Israeli Knesset Holds First LGBT Rights Day
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a special appearance at the Israeli Knesset on Tuesday to take part in the legislative body’s first LGBT Rights...
American LGBTQ Organization Reverses Cancellation of Event With Israeli Counterparts
JNS.org - The US-based National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Task Force on Tuesday reversed its cancellation of a Shabbat reception with leaders from...
Pride and Prejudice
On Thursday, as Jerusalem prepared for the Gay Pride Parade by cordoning off main thoroughfares and hanging rainbow flags across the city, 39-year-old Yishai Schlissel...
Funeral Held for 16-Year-Old Stabbed to Death at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
JNS.org - Shira Banki, 16, who suffered critical injuries when she was stabbed at the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade on Thursday and died on Sunday afternoon,...
Jerusalem Hosts LGBT Drag Queen Race
JNS.org - The LGBT community in Jerusalem held a first-of-its-kind drag queen race this week, in which all the 40 participants needed to run in...
Poll: 70 Percent of Israelis Support Equal Rights for LGBT Community
JNS.org - A new poll finds that 70 percent of Israelis support equal rights for the LGBT community. According to the poll conducted for Haaretz by...
