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Marchers take part in the Roma Pride parade in Rome, June 11, 2022. (Camelia Boban/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inWorld

Rome’s Pride parade bars Jewish LGBTQ float over refusal to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Simone Somekh by Simone Somekh May 29, 2026May 29, 2026

(JTA) — Organizers of Rome’s annual Pride parade have barred Italy’s only Jewish LGBTQIA+ organization from marching with a float at this year’s June 20 parade, although they are still […]

Luai Ahmed speaks at a Malka Productions event on Oct. 27 in San Francisco. (Courtesy Malka Productions)
Posted inBay Area

UPDATED: Gay Muslim speaker canceled at Bay Area schools over his pro-Israel views

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 5, 2025November 7, 2025
woman at dais raising arm and fist
Posted inBay Area

Israeli LGBTQ activists coming to S.F. with worrisome update on rights there

by Dan Pine November 4, 2025November 4, 2025
The Rev. Megan Rohrer recently visited Israel for Tel Aviv Pride, which was canceled when the Israel-Iran war began on June 13. The trip included a stop at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Jaffa, which is known for its "Dream Big" sculpture. (Courtesy The Rev. Megan Rohrer)
Posted inLocal Voice

Pride won’t be radically inclusive until LGBTQ community disavows antisemitism

The Rev. Megan Rohrer is the first openly transgender Lutheran minister. (Courtesy via BerlinRosen) by The Rev. Megan Rohrer June 25, 2025June 25, 2025
Still image of Harvey Milk featured in "The Times of Harvey Milk." A 40th anniversary screening of the 1984 documentary is part of a series of events commemorating what would have been Milk's 95th birthday.
Posted inJewish Life

Where to celebrate Harvey Milk Day: Honoring the gay Jewish icon’s 95th birthday

by J. Staff May 16, 2025May 29, 2025
Sara Glass is the author of "Kissing Girls on Shabbat."
Posted inBooks

‘Kissing Girls on Shabbat’: Gay ex-Hasidic therapist coming to OFJCC

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2025April 28, 2025
a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inOpinion

Rainbow flags are not enough against deluge of anti-LGBTQ+ hate

Tyler Gregory by Tye Gregory June 13, 2023June 14, 2023
Members of the LGBTQ community and supporters participate in a demonstration against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, in Tel Aviv, July 22, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inNews

LGBTQ Israelis fear setbacks as homophobic parties win places in Netanyahu’s coalition

by Orly Halpern and JTA November 14, 2022
The white nationalist group Patriot Front attends the March For Life on Jan. 8, 2022 in Chicago. Libs of TikTok has directed them to target a Pride event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (Photo/Forward illustration by Jake Wasserman; image by Kamil Krzaczynski-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Libs of Tiktok is fueling a pogrom against trans youth

Elad Nehorai by Elad Nehorai and Forward August 30, 2022
Drag queen in front of Jewish star
Posted inUncategorized

Historical society is digitizing Jewish, queer life in Bay Area

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 27, 2022June 28, 2022

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