Posts Tagged: Israel Gays
The Real ‘Pinkwashing’ Is Done by Palestinians
British arts and culture magazine Dazed has run a gushing piece about an upcoming movie festival, "Queer Cinema for Palestine" (QCP), which will reportedly celebrate...
Another LGBTQ Milestone for Israel — Which Goes Ignored by the World
It didn’t make major headlines, but Israel quietly swore in its sixth openly gay Knesset member on Monday, Yorai Lahav Hertzanu of Blue and White....
Israeli Education Minister Favors Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’
Israel's education minister voiced support on Saturday for so-called gay "conversion therapy," drawing a disavowal from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government's religious-rightist tilt has...
The DC Dyke March: When the Oppressed Become the Oppressor
It seems that a segment of the infamous Dyke March has once again exposed itself as being a bastion of hypocrisy and bigotry. In theory, the...
The Truth About Israel’s Record on LGBT Rights
The Guardian published an article this week that obfuscated Israel’s progressive record on LGBT rights. The piece ("Gay Israelis hold mass wedding to campaign for same-sex...
Israel Holds Its First Transgender Beauty Pageant
JNS.org - The first "Miss Trans Israel" beauty pageant was held at a club in Tel Aviv on Thursday. Thirty transgender women of different faiths competed, taking to...
Trustee Blasts CUNY Anti-Israel “Homonationalism and Pinkwashing” Conference
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at City University of New York plans to hold a conference on "Homonationalism and Pinkwashing" next year, which...
Boycott BDS, Not Israel
Last November, the New York Times published an op-ed that took the demonization of Israel to another, more insidious level. The attack, authored by...
