JERUSALEM – One year after a teenage girl was murdered by a homophobic religious zealot at the Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, police announced they are leaving nothing to chance at Thursday’s annual march in the capital.
The HIV virus can be spread in plenty more ways than just sex, actress Charlize Theron asserted while delivering the opening remarks at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa on Monday.
TEL AVIV – Turkish newspapers with strong links to the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have published dozens of conspiracy articles claiming the U.S. government and foreign intelligence agencies with masterminding Islamic State attacks in the West – including the Orlando shooting – in order to stop the rise of Islam and ensure Jews remain in power.
After Theresa May banned the rapper from visiting the UK last year on the basis of “homophobic” song lyrics, Tyler the Creator has hit back with a song implying the ban was racist. At the Golf Wang fashion show in Los
A British Muslim cleric who once preached that gays should be put to death has had his Australian visa cancelled and has left the country, with authorities Wednesday saying it is unlikely he will ever be allowed back. Farrokh Sekaleshfar
TEL AVIV – A giant banner proclaiming Israel’s solidarity with Orlando following the terrorist attack that left 49 people dead was flown from a plane over the area of the Pulse nightclub on Monday, Algemeiner reported.
TEL AVIV – The Orlando terrorist’s employment at a prestigious security firm should raise alarms for Jewish groups seeking independent security solutions, a Jewish industry insider told JTA.
In a statement the MSA says it extends its “support to the LGBTQ community in condemning this violent hate crime as an act of homophobia that will not be tolerated.”
TEL AVIV – Israeli lawmakers opened the Knesset this week by expressing their condolences to the victims of the attacks in Orlando and Tel Aviv and equating the two instances of terror.
TEL AVIV – In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre which left at least 50 people dead, representatives of Israel’s LGBT community are struggling to come to terms with ongoing homophobia and hatred.
The casualties of Sunday’s deadly nightclub shooting in Orlando were victims of homophobia and intolerance, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.
Australia is urgently reviewing the visa of a British Islamic scholar who toured Orlando this year and had preached in 2013 that “death is the sentence” for homosexual acts.
Planned Parenthood Black Community is blaming “toxic masculinity” for the horrific shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
The Unitarian congregation also recently backed legislation by some House Democrats that would amend the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to ensure religious exemptions cannot be applied to any health care service, including abortion and gender transition treatments.
The Muslim ‘scholar’ who preached against gays in Orlando weeks before Sunday’s massacre was a British-born Muslim who now blames the Media for “defamation”, claiming his alleged support for killing gays was an “academic exercise – not a personal opinion, verdict or in support of violence”.
TEL AVIV – An Israeli-American who organized a party for fellow Israelis at the Pulse nightclub just one week before the massacre at the popular gay venue said he was shocked at news of the attack but added that the club’s security was “a joke.”
TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent condolences to the families of the victims of the Orlando massacre, saying that Israel stands “shoulder to shoulder” with the United States in the fight against terrorism.
TEL AVIV – In a show of solidarity with the victims of the Orlando massacre, the Tel Aviv municipality lit up City Hall with the rainbow colors of the Pride flag interspersed with the flags of the U.S. and Israel.
A Conservative Party Police and Crime Commissioner has blocked a licence for a gay sauna – because the location is too close to a mosque, which she said might cause “policing issues”. The sauna’s owners withdrew the application after receiving
The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus is lashing out at the San Diego Padres after the group, standing on the field at Petco Park to sing the national anthem on Saturday evening, was upstaged by a recorded female voiceover singing instead.
A coalition of “anti-racist”, gay rights and student groups are preparing to sue Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for allegedly hosting “hate speech” but continuing to censor pornographic content. France’s largest “anti-racism” group, SOS Racism, the Jewish Students’ Union (UEJF), and
Actress Susan Sarandon says Donald Trump’s biggest policy plans — including building a wall on the southern border and deporting illegal alien immigrants — are “not that threatening,” because he won’t actually be able to get them done if he is elected president.
Writer Dan Savage argued that the Republican Party has “been cranking up, gathering together every rube, racist, nutjob, sexist, homophobe in the country, calling them Republicans” on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time.” Savage stated, “[T]hat’s the problem for the
In the heady new world of “Up All Night” it was March 38 on Saturday with some 2,000 people gathered in a main Paris square to share their aspirations for change. It is their way of keeping track of a protest
Writing for The Guardian, self-identified “Christian dissident” Keith Mascord claims that “homophobic opposition to same-sex marriage” has its roots in adherence to the Bible, and only by leaving the biblical text aside will Christians learn to support “marriage equality.” Mascord
A Muslim taxi driver in Vienna, Austria punched a gay man in the mouth during an altercation over what does and does not constitute acceptable public behaviour. The 41-year-old driver, described as Muslim by top Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung accepted a fare from
In response to perceived intolerance in the ranks of San Francisco police officers, officers will be asked to take a pledge promising they will not tolerate racism, sexism, or homophobic behavior and will report any evidence of such among their fellow officers.
The BBC has suspended a news reporter who claimed Tyson Fury is a “laughable idiot” who is “harming” him on social media, in addition to promoting a petition demanding the boxer be dropped from the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
After insisting that “nominees for BBC Sports Personality of the Year are decided on their sporting achievements” an ‘impartial’ BBC news reader has bluntly labeled Britain’s new heavyweight champion of the world a “dickhead” who “should not” win due to
A BBC radio presenter has been removed from his job after he called accused a Christian guest of “bigotry” and “homophobia” thanks to her defence of the Bible. Both the BBC and the presenter, Iain Lee, apologised for the interview
A Christian minister and volunteer chaplain has been disciplined by prison authorities, his employers, for quoting a section of the Bible deemed ‘homophobic.’ He says he was forced out of his job due anti-Christian harassment. Rev Barry Trayhorn, a Pentecostal
ROME, Nov 2 – Italian soccer federation (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio (pictured above) is in trouble again, this time for apparently making disparaging comments about Jews and gays, which have led to fresh calls for his resignation. An Italian newspaper
One is never too young to learn about the horrors of the world – and actress Sandra Bullock is making sure her 5-year-old son gets started plenty early with lessons on racism, sexism, and homophobia.
Empire has been a huge success for FOX, however entering season 2, the show has seen a decline in total viewers, which led rapper 50 Cent to conclude over the weekend the show is suffering because it features too much “gay stuff.”
Ariana Grande has been relatively quiet since getting busted saying she hates Americans in July. This week, the singer emerged to announce she has zero tolerance for homophobia.
The New York Mets, bowing to pressure from fans who accused them of homophobia for showing two opposing players on their “Kiss Cam,” decided to end the practice.
The Met Police have charged three times as many people for Islamophobic hate crimes as for anti-Semitic hate crimes, and nearly five times as many white Europeans for hate crimes including homophobia as Asians or Arabs over the last three
There has been a massive move to alter the trajectory of the Westminster paedophile scandal in recent weeks, with mainstream political commentators, politicians of all stripes, and even political party operatives laying themselves and their reputations on the line to
A rapper has been banned from entering the UK for provoking others to “terrorist acts” because Britain’s Home Secretary believes his work “encourages violence and intolerance of homosexuality.” Two members of the rapper’s collective, Odd Future, are gay. The Californian artist known
A police officer has been accused of homophobia after telling a gay colleague he “screamed like a little girl” when he had a spider flicked at him. Sergeant Mark Goodenough of London’s Metropolitan Police teased junior colleague PC Aaron Prayter
