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Israeli parliament bans discrimination against LGBT youth in schools
JERUSALEM, Israel — The Israeli parliament on Tuesday approved passed a law prohibiting the discrimination in schools against students on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Exiled Iranian pop icon’s song about gay love causing stir in Islamic republic
AMSTERDAM — Iranian pop star Googoosh has released a video that addresses homosexual love – a major gesture by one of the country’s top cultural figures in exile – causing a stir in the Islamic republic, where the topic is taboo and being convicted of homosexuality can carry the death penalty.
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Brazil transgender women accosted, detained in Dubai for ‘imitating women’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two transgender women from Brazil were detained and their passports confiscated while on vacation in Dubai, and have been charged with the crime of ‘imitating’ women.
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More than one thousand rally in Tel Aviv to protest recent anti-LGBT violence
TEL AVIV — More than a thousand people marched in the streets of Tel Aviv on Thursday to protest against transphobia and anti-LGBT violence in Israel.
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Gay men in Tel Aviv attacked by group hurling homophobic slurs
TEL-Aviv, Israel — A group of gay and straight friends were violently attacked in Tel Aviv on Saturday by mob of 11 people hurling anti-gay slurs, just one week following a similar attack on a transgender woman.
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Israel city unveils gay Holocaust victims memorial
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s cultural and financial capital unveiled a memorial Friday honoring gays and lesbians persecuted by the Nazis, the first specific recognition in Israel for non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
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Israel border officers in home custody after brutal attack on transgender woman
TEL AVIV, Israel — A group of 11 men have been remanded to home custody after allegedly attacking a transgender woman Saturday morning in Tel Aviv, reported the Daily Ha’aretz.
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Israel honors gay Holocaust victims in first national memorial
TEL AVIV — A new monument to pay tribute to Jewish and non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust who were persecuted by the Nazis for their sexual orientation has been unveiled in Tel Aviv.
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Israeli president Shimon Peres endorses same-sex marriage
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday endorsed same-sex marriage, saying “we must allow everyone to live as is natural to them.”
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Pair of male, TV ad puppets electrify Israeli gay rights debate
JERUSALEM — The goal was merely to promote clean energy in Israel – but television ads starring a pair of male puppets called “plug” and “socket” have instead unleashed a debate about gay pride.