LGBT

Covenant Awards recognize Jewish ed leaders in disabilities, music and alternative Talmud study

The awards, among the highest honors in Jewish education, come with a $36,000 prize for each recipient and $5,000 for each of their institutions.

Transgender Israeli Arab wins historic Tel Aviv pageant

Ta'alin Abu Hanna told reporters she hoped the pageant would help bring “more openness towards trans people in Israel and maybe the world. And will help people know who we are.”

Orthodox rabbinical group in Israel calls for welcoming ‘people with homosexual orientations’

The document says gay sex remains prohibited according to Jewish law, but “there’s room for leniency in attitudes toward social inclusion."

United States

Top trans activist cancels speech at Brown Hillel after ‘pinkwashing’ campaign

United States

Jewish trans woman named senior White House LGBT liaison

Israel

Israel’s first transgender beauty pageant slated for May

Israel

Gay Iranian poet who fled to Israel says he is confident he’ll be allowed to remain

Israel

Israel touts gay-friendly climate, but rights fight faces religious firewall

United States

90 LGBT activists call anti-Israel behavior at conference ‘dangerous’ and ‘deeply disturbing’

United States

Amid controversy over its anti-Israel protest, LGBTQ Task Force condemns anti-Semitism

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