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Jewish LGBTQ group reaches deal to march in Rome Pride after float banned over Gaza
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (29+ words) Keshet Italia hails 'victory for Pride' after compromise mediated by mayor lets group march on foot with extra security and gives it a spot on next year's coordinating committee...
Tel Aviv holds first Pride parade since Oct. 7; cops impede some anti-government marchers
1+ week, 1+ day ago (590+ words) Trans model assaulted in Tel Aviv last month dances on float as estimated 100, 000 people march along beach, following the city's call to 'vote with your feet'...
Miss Israel says this year's contest will be bogus, sparking break with organizers
1+ week, 6+ day ago (863+ words) US-based staff plans to forgo full-on pageant, pick Miss Universe entrant without usual judge-based process, video shows; organization denies wrongdoing, revokes titleholder's status...
Two Jewish women denied entry to Barcelona sauna over Star of David necklaces
2+ week, 6+ day ago (289+ words) Couple told 'Zionists' unwelcome; as they are forced out, Spanish woman repeatedly tells them 'Free Palestine'; local Jewish community demands hate crime probe...
Police scrap appointment of man with history of anti-LGBTQ incitement, race crimes
5+ mon, 4+ hour ago (411+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 837 Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy ordered on Tuesday the cancellation of a senior appointment within the force for an enlistment officer, after it was reported that the appointee, Rahamim Hugi, had called for violence against the…...
Carrie Soloway, inspiration for trans Jewish protagonist of "Transparent," dies at 88
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (526+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 790 JTA " Carrie Soloway, a US Jewish psychiatrist in Chicago whose late-in-life coming out as a transgender woman formed the basis for her children's hit Amazon TV series "Transparent," has died at the age of 88. Her November…...
Turkey's LGBTQ community warns of existential threat in bill policing biological sex
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (855+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 762 ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) " Florence, a drag queen and DJ, has a warning before taking to the stage in an Istanbul nightclub: if Turkey passes a new law policing biological sex and morality, it will "threaten our…...
Ancient limestone tablet disappears from tomb in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (276+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 731 CAIRO, Egypt " A limestone tablet dating back more than 4, 000 years has disappeared from Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, authorities said Monday, weeks after a gold bracelet was stolen from the national museum. In a statement, Egypt's antiquities ministry…...
Israeli transgender ref recalls trailblazing journey to international soccer pitch
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (731+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 709 AFP " Israeli referee Sapir Berman beamed as she recalled the moment her "dream came true" earlier this year, when she became the first transgender woman to officiate an international soccer match. "I always wanted to be…...