While some Orthodox communities have tried to make space for LGBTQ members, the vast majority of Orthodox rabbis, citing prohibitions in traditional Jewish law, do not conduct LGBTQ weddings.
Amnesty International says hate speech and incitement have been rising in Lebanon, once a haven for LGBTQ people, and now the line has been crossed into violence.
The videos aim to frame a new community conversation about LGBTQ+ issues that allows "disagreements without divisiveness."
Trans rights activists argued that the Foreign Ministry was not aiding in efforts to bring the woman home.
The controversial new policy enforces students using their pronouns assigned at birth and their birth names and forbids same-sex relationships.
Thousands of men were sent to concentration camps as "homosexual offenders" during the Holocaust.
The 33-year-old teacher had asked the students to write a poem about their own identity after reading the book.
The attack is the second anti-LGBTQ assault reported in Rehovot in the past month.
Coming out as Jews in the Diaspora should be understood as just as important – and critical – as it is for those of us in the LGBTQ+ world.
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