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Dialogue on gays is watershed for Orthodox Judaism
The Guardian (U.K.), Posted: 8/9/2010, 10:35 AM
QUICK LOOK: If you think the Christian world has a problem with gay people, you should try orthodox Judaism. For centuries homosexuality has been taboo; it's not what nice Jewish... (MORE)
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Israeli gay group called 'deviant' sues religious org
Ha'aretz, Posted: 7/30/2010, 12:35 AM
QUICK LOOK: A gay rights group is suing a local website for NIS 100,000 for publishing an article calling for the indictment of the leaders of a "deviant" center for gay youth rather... (MORE)
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Madrid Gay Pride bans Israelis over Gaza flotilla raid
The Guardian (U.K.), Posted: 6/10/2010, 6:07 AM
QUICK LOOK: A delegation of gay residents of Tel Aviv has been banned from joining a gay pride march in Madrid because authorities in the Israeli city have not condemned the recent... (MORE)
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Sheehan isn't the first bigot to blame it on the gays
Telegraph.co.uk, Posted: 3/20/2010, 2:08 PM
QUICK LOOK: The week’s most ludicrous comment comes from US Army General John Sheehan, who has blamed the Srebrenica massacre on – wait for it – the gays. Specifically, “openly homosexual”... (MORE)

Microsoft's Bing searches filter out gay sites for Arabs
The Register (U.K.), Posted: 3/8/2010, 9:26 AM
QUICK LOOK: Microsoft's Bing search engine blocks out "sexually explicit" results and gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender queries in Arab countries, claimed the Open Net Initiative... (MORE)
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Israeli gay singer mugged during Tel Aviv Pride event
PrideNews.dk, Posted: 6/8/2009, 7:55 AM
QUICK LOOK: The 31 year old openly homosexual actor & singer Yehonathan, was mugged and robbed during the weekends pride events in Tel Aviv, Israel. Yehonathan is “a bit rattled... (MORE)
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Israeli court allows gay couple to adopt 30-year-old
Ha'aretz, Posted: 3/11/2009, 7:38 PM
QUICK LOOK: Openly gay former Knesset member Uzi Even and his life partner can legally adopt their 30-year-old foster son, the Tel Aviv family court ruled on Tuesday, making them... (MORE)
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Jerusalem's gay oasis facing grave financial threat
Pink News (U.K.), Posted: 11/4/2008, 8:58 PM
QUICK LOOK: A community centre for the gay community in Jerusalem is facing closure because of the credit crunch. A "high percentage" of Jerusalem Open House's annual budget is built... (MORE)
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Ynet News (Israel), Posted: 10/19/2008, 8:45 AM
QUICK LOOK: A 33-year-old gay Palestinian man petitioned the High Court of Justice on Sunday, asking it to grant him permanent residency in Israel so that he may live with his partner, who lives in the central... (MORE)
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A very public Mass. marriage from 2004 ends in furor
Boston Globe, Posted: 9/16/2008, 12:51 PM
QUICK LOOK: In May 2004, the first day same-sex couples were allowed to wed in Massachusetts, Eric Hyett and Joshua Glazer joined the line of giddy, nervous, hopeful souls waiting... (MORE)
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Gay man pleads guilty to fleeing with son to Israel
Newsday, Posted: 9/15/2008, 1:02 AM
QUICK LOOK: A gay man who illegally fled to Israel with the son he and his husband adopted has pleaded guilty in New York City to custodial interference. Eric Hyett admits he took... (MORE)
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Jerusalem mayoral hopeful vows no to Pride parades
Ynet News (Israel), Posted: 8/25/2008, 11:33 AM
QUICK LOOK: Jerusalem mayoral candidate, Israeli-Russian businessman Arcadi Gaydamak, is determined to cancel the annual gay pride parade in the capital. "When I'm elected mayor,... (MORE)
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Boy abducted by gay dad returned in Israel to other
New York Daily News, Posted: 8/16/2008, 10:10 AM
QUICK LOOK: An abducted New York toddler at the center of an international gay custody battle was taken from one of his dads in Israel two days ago and handed over to the other,... (MORE)
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Israel plans a Holocaust memorial for homosexuals
Jerusalem Post, Posted: 5/18/2008, 9:46 PM
QUICK LOOK: When Tel Aviv city councilman Itai Pinkas was in Amsterdam last year, he stared for a long time at the monument honoring homosexuals killed in the Holocaust, sensing... (MORE)
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Conservative Anglican archbishops plan to summit
Christian Today, Posted: 5/14/2008, 9:14 AM
QUICK LOOK: Some 280 conservative Anglican bishops from Africa, Latin America and Asia will attend a breakaway summit next month in Jerusalem which has raised fears of a schism... (MORE)
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Israel National News, Posted: 5/5/2008, 3:05 AM
QUICK LOOK: A Tel Aviv family court rejected a request by a homosexual man to issue a protection order against his partner. The judge, Gershon German, determined that a homosexual couple is not a family and thus... (MORE)
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Jerusalem Post, Posted: 4/6/2008, 10:55 PM
QUICK LOOK: The Israeli government is opposed to allowing both partners in a lesbian couple to be registered as the biological mothers of their baby boy, even though one donated the egg and the other gave birth,... (MORE)
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Asylum in Israel reunites gay Palestianian, boyfriend
Ynet News (Israel), Posted: 3/25/2008, 11:48 AM
QUICK LOOK: A 33 year-old gay Palestinian man from Jenin has recently been granted a temporary residency permit in Israel by the IDF, in order to allow him to reunite with his Israeli... (MORE)
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Gay, trans Arab outcasts find some solace in Israel
McClatchy Newspapers, Posted: 3/9/2008, 5:51 PM
QUICK LOOK: A recent show in Tel Aviv was a public coming out for "The Bride of Palestine," a 26-year-old performance artist who's one of a new generation of gay Arab-Israelis struggling... (MORE)
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Hindustan Times (India), Posted: 2/25/2008, 11:59 AM
QUICK LOOK: Two Israeli gay men may have started a trend in India when they became the first known same-sex couple to ‘father’ children through a surrogacy programme in Mumbai. The gay couple have left the country... (MORE)
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Acceptance of gays in Israel blamed for earthquakes
Ha'aretz, Posted: 2/21/2008, 10:54 AM
QUICK LOOK: Israeli legislator Shlomo Benizri blamed gays yesterday for the earthquakes that have shaken the region in recent months, telling a Knesset plenum debate on local authorities'... (MORE)
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Gay and celibate: Orthodox Jewish rabbi's dilemma
Middle East Online, Posted: 2/20/2008, 12:48 PM
QUICK LOOK: It is not illegal to be actively homosexual in Israel, but that does not mean it is accepted -- especially within the country's religious Orthodox community. When a member... (MORE)
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Israeli att'y gen'l rules for gay couple adoption rights
Posted: 2/11/2008, 11:07 AM
QUICK LOOK: Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ruled yesterday that Israeli law grants members of same sex unions the right to adopt their partner's children and thus be considered... (MORE)
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Ynet News (Israel), Posted: 1/7/2008, 1:56 PM
QUICK LOOK: Whose child is this, really? An Israeli lesbian couple, who together conceived a child six months ago, is now demanding that the Interior Ministry jointly register them as the child’s biological parents,... (MORE)
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1st Reform Judaism meet in Israel to tackle marriage
Ha'aretz, Posted: 12/24/2007, 12:35 PM
QUICK LOOK: Participants at the International Conference on Contemporary Reform Judaism, opening in Jerusalem today, will tackle such issues as the concept of homosexuality in Reform... (MORE)
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