Much of Israel’s L.G.B.T.Q. muny feels threatened by the right-wg ernment and s judicial overhl plan — even wh a gay speaker of Parliament.
Contents:
- JESALEM IS PRECISELY THE PLACE FOR A GAY PRI PARA
- CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
- LGBTQ . REVEALS ISRAEL'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI PRI MONTH POLL
JESALEM IS PRECISELY THE PLACE FOR A GAY PRI PARA
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Muny feels threatened by the right-wg ernment and s judicial overhl plan — even wh a gay speaker of Parliament. Another far-right mister wh a history of homophobia, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who now overse the police, was tasked wh securg Jesalem para is normally a relatively staid annual tradn. Activists have reported a sharp crease anti-gay abe and vlence Israel recent months, and had been expectg a large turnout for this year’s para.
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Members of Israel’s tech sector, women’s anizatns and army rervists who, together wh the gay muny, have played a proment role the anti-judicial overhl protts, attend the Jesalem para Netanyahu has pledged to protect gay rights and appoted Amir Ohana, a member of his nservative Likud party, as the first openly gay speaker of Israel’s Ohana was publicly weled at a state ceremony this year, markg the 75th anniversary of Israel’s tablishment, together wh his life partner, unrlg the high profile of the gay muny Israel even as hostile rhetoric om officials grows. “Maybe we won’t see a law sayg gay men have to wear a pk shirt Israel, ” said Jonathan Valfer, chairman of the Jesalem Open Hoe for Pri and Tolerance and a para anizer, of the potential dangers posed by the ernment’s judicial the end, he said an terview, gay rights — such as same-sex surrogacy rights — have mostly been nferred by the Supreme Court rather than the lawmakers.
CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
Dpe a history of vlence agast gay people by an ultra-orthodox Jewish man and threats issued by the Paltian Islamist group Hamas, some 10,000 gay rights activists marched peacefully through the cy, which hosts holy plac of worship of all three Abrahamic fahs * gay pride a jerusalem *
”ImageAmir Ohana, a member of the nservative Likud party, is the first openly gay speaker of Israel’s Elkayam for The New York TimReflectg the more nservative character of the holy cy, the annual para Jesalem is much smaller and quieter than the rnival-like one Tel Aviv, which tak place a week later and attracts up to 250, 000 Israeli L. Activists had raised fears of vlence durg the para, cg a 2022 report that showed a spike plats about homophobic and transphobic verbal and physil asslts Israel the last two months of last year, a rult, they said, of the oute of the Nov. On Thursday, only about 30 people showed up for the anti-gay Peer scribed as “absurd” that Mr.
He and Bezalel Smotrich, the far-right fance mister, participated a notor “Beast Para, ” a provotive anti-gay march wh donkeys and goat Jesalem Gharabli/Agence France-Prse — Getty ImagBoth Mr. Ben-Gvir have sce exprsed regret for that event, but gay activists still view them as dangero.
LGBTQ . REVEALS ISRAEL'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI PRI MONTH POLL
Police bolstered on pal's streets for annual event; 2 teens taed for puttg up posters agast event; anti-gay Lehava group monstrat agast participants * gay pride a jerusalem *
People are ncerned about the recent allotn of nearly $80 ln ernment fundg over the next two years for a new thory to promote Jewish natnal inty, head by Avi Maoz, a puty mister the prime mister’s office who promot polici that crics scribe as homophobic, racist and misogynist.
Maoz, lear of the far-right Noam party, says he will create a mechanism to help parents track the tnal ntent their children’s schools — a move, crics say, that uld be ed to crack down on programs that promote the rights of mori and told a small, relig publitn shortly before the ernment was formed that he tend to work to ncel the annual gay pri para Jesalem, which he scribed as “an obscene abomatn.
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