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6 Pride events that went on in the face of violent threats

Saturday, June 17, 2017

They wouldn't let hate win.

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Why queer filmmakers are boycotting Israel’s LGBTQ film festival

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Israel's gay community is the latest target of a global push for a cultural boycott of Israel.

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Tel Aviv Pride focuses on bisexuality this year

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Organizers cited the stigma bisexuals face from both straight and gay people as a reason the theme was chosen.

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New Israeli film featuring independent Muslim lesbian is making waves

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

"In Between" is the film's English title. In Arabic, it is called "Land Sea," an expression meaning "Neither Here Nor There," the film's name in Hebrew.

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200,000 party at Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade, region’s biggest

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Given that sexuality and identity can be punished by persecution and even murder, this is an LGBTQ oasis

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Judges at Israeli pageant want contestants with ‘the transgender look’

Sunday, May 29, 2016

The top prize at the first-ever Miss Trans Israel pageant is a $15,000 voucher for a renowned plastic surgeon in Thailand.

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Israel holds its first transgender beauty contest

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Who will be the first "Miss Trans Israel?"

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To protest book ban, straight and gay Israeli Jews and Arabs passionately kiss

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

After the Israeli Ministry of Education decided to ban a book depicting a love affair between a Jewish woman and an Arab man, lips locked in furious protest.

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New film highlights struggles of gay Palestinians in Israel

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Khader Abu Seif's struggles as a gay Arab Israeli citizen are the subject of his documentary "Oriented," touted as the first to focus on gay Palestinian citizens.

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Over 100,000 celebrate at Tel Aviv LGBT Pride, region’s biggest

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Thousands of bare-chested muscular men, drag queens in heavy makeup and high heels, women in colorful balloon costumes and others partied at Tel Aviv's annual gay pride parade on Friday, the largest event of its kind…

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