LGBTQ

Loud and proud: Jewish participants at London Pride with Bromley Reform Synagogue's Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner (centre)

May 27, 2026, 2:30 pm

There is no Pride in excluding Queer Jews

We all deserve to enter LGBTQIA spaces without being asked to prove our Jewishness meets the criteria others set for 'good Jews.'

By David Davidi-Brown

King’s Head Theatre in Islington, where a staged reading of Sharif was disrupted during a post-show Q&A. Credit: Official London Theatre

April 2, 2026, 1:31 pm

Activists disrupt London reading of play on LGBTQ+ Palestinians

Heated Q&A at north London theatre cut short after activists interrupt discussion of play on LGBTQ+ Palestinians seeking refuge in Israel

By Annabel Sinclair

Members and sympathizers of the LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex) community participate in the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, Israel, 06 June 2019. . Photo by: JINIPIX

November 17, 2025, 9:42 am

LGBTQ+ youth are at the heart of democratic renewal in Israel

Democracy is not only defended through laws or elections, but through quiet, persistent work of showing young people their stories matter, their voices count, and that they belong.

By Yoni Avitan

Keshet UK Pride picture from 2017, with a Jewish member of the march wearing a kippah, alongside another with an Israel flag. (Jewish News)

August 19, 2025, 1:46 pm

OPINION: What homophobia taught me about holding communities together

I’ve spent decades working with and for those who believe my love is wrong. That experience taught me we can overcome divisions if we stop using “unity” to silence dissent

By David Davidi-Brown

Sunday 6 July 2025. Amanda Rose Photography. Stop the Hate and The Hineni Project. Pride.

July 7, 2025, 4:24 pm

2,000 attend Jewish LGBTQ+ event after Pride in London rejects antisemitism training

'Jews belong at Pride – no-one can take that away from us', say organisers Stop the Hate and The Hineni Project

By Michelle Rosenberg

July 1, 2025, 12:15 pm

OPINION: This Pride, we refuse to be forced back into the closet

The spread of antisemitism in LGBTQ+ spaces has gone unanswered for too long, and we are committed to leading the fight back

By Stop the Hate

August 9, 2024, 1:07 pm

Gay club accused of being ‘poisoned with antisemitism’ changes tune

Adonis in London's Docklands faced accusations of antisemitism and "aggressive racism"

By Michelle Rosenberg

May 10, 2024, 1:13 pm

Tel Aviv Pride cancelled out of respect for hostages

With 132 still held captive in Gaza, city mayor Ron Huldai says 'This isn’t the time for celebrations'

By Michelle Rosenberg

May 25, 2023, 10:57 am

Papa can preach! Israeli LGBTQ+ icon Eliad Cohen brings his party to London

Miami property magnate is the brains and brawn behind PAPA PARTY, one of the most well-respected event and marketing brands in the world

By Sandy Rashty

A higher proportion of people in England and Wales with Muslim, Buddhist or Jewish backgrounds have a different gender identity to the one at birth than those who identify as Christian, the latest Census data reveals (Yui Mok/PA)

April 6, 2023, 1:41 pm

4.5% of Jews in England and Wales identify as LGB+ according to latest census data

The data was collected as part of the census that took place in March 2021 and now published by the Office for National Statistics.

By Jewish News Reporter

Zelda Harris, originally from the East End of London, protesting outside the embassy in Tel Aviv.

March 20, 2023, 3:24 pm

More than 1,600 Jewish immigrants petition Israeli government to halt judicial overhaul

Appeal comes from olim covering religious spectrum and from the US, the UK, Europe, South Africa, Australia, Russia, Ukraine and South America

By Michelle Rosenberg

Demonstrators against the judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2023 (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

February 13, 2023, 11:38 am

Biden weighs in on Israel’s proposed judiciary changes

As tens of thousands protest in Jerusalem, US president calls for 'checks and balances' for the sake of democracy

By Philissa Cramer (JTA)

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich shakes hands with Israel's Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir as Israel's new right-wing government is sworn in at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Pool/File Photo

December 30, 2022, 12:18 pm

Israeli ambassador to France resigns over new ‘extreme’ Israeli government

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Tel Aviv's highway and outside Knesset, protesting expected LGBTQ discrimination

By Jotam Confino in Israel

The new speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana, receives his gavel as Israel's new right-wing government is sworn in at a special session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on Thursday, December 29, 2022. Netanyahu became the Prime Minister of Israel for the third time. Pool Photo by Amir Cohen/ Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News

December 30, 2022, 11:57 am

Making history, Amir Ohana becomes first gay Knesset speaker

Ohana promised to protect the rights of LGBTQ in his opening speech at the Knesset

By Jotam Confino in Israel

Israeli Knesset members during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS

December 27, 2022, 11:19 pm

Far-right MKs: Doctors, businesses should be allowed to turn away LGBTQ Israelis

The inflammatory remarks were made by two lawmakers from Religious Zionism but incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted no Israelis' rights would be harmed under his watch

By Jotam Confino in Israel

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