Secret freedom at Tel Aviv’s ‘Palestinian Queer Party’
Firmly in the closet at home, Palestinian gay pride flourishes once a month in an underground Israeli nightclub
View ArticleGay Palestinian to court: Deport me and I’ll be killed
Homosexual man from Nablus, living in Tel Aviv, pleads for asylum on the grounds of ‘well-founded fear of persecution’
View ArticlePride and politics
The Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, rescheduled for Thursday after this summer’s war, has been marred by discord in the LGBTQ community
View ArticleReport: Hamas mulling long-term ceasefire with Israel
Gaza-based group officials met in Qatar to discuss truce proposal, Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper says
View ArticlePalestinian protesters paint over gay rights flag
Artist’s mural on security barrier covered up within hours by demonstrators who decry ‘shameful’ rainbow banner
View ArticleFilm highlights struggles of gay Arabs in Israel
‘Oriented,’ by a UK director, explores the friction between the national and sexual identities of three Tel Avivians
View ArticleFilm explores gay Israeli-Arabs’ identities under rockets’ red glare
Now screening in New York, British director Jake Witzenfeld’s ‘Oriented’ depicts the challenges and triumphs of three Palestinian gay men in war-time Tel Aviv
View ArticleHigh Court ruling ends gay Palestinian’s asylum nightmare
Lack of coordination between authorities led to permit problems and multiple arrests, expulsion threats
View ArticleExecuted Hamas commander may have been accused of gay sex
Rumors surfaced that Mahmud Eshtawi collaborated with Israel in exchange for keeping his sexuality secret, The New York Times reports
View ArticleGay Arab activist wraps himself in the flags
Khader Abu-Seif poses with the symbols of the two ‘states have screwed me for 28 years of my life’
View ArticleLGBT community: Spend less on promoting Pride Week, more on us
Activists say the government spent 10 times more on publicizing the event abroad than they receive for year-round programs
View ArticleGay and Christian, a scion of a Hamas family finally finds safety in US
After being denied asylum in Canada, the man now known as John Calvin chases the American dream in LGBT-friendly New York
View ArticleItalian gay rights group rejects anti-Israel ‘pinkwashing’ accusation
Delegitimizing Israel distracts from efforts to protect LGBT people, say activists, condemning Hamas and PA treatment of gays
View ArticleRights groups slam Palestinian police for banning LGBTQ activity
After police action, Al-Qaws Foundation receives a wave of hate messages which activists say 'pose a serious threat' to the gay community
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