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In the State of Palestine, there is no specific, stand-alone civil rights legislation that protects LGBTQ people from discrimination or harassment. Additionally, there have been relatively few murders of LGBTQ (or allegedly LGBTQ) people in Palestine, and the victim's sexuality was the primary motive in a case in April 2023, noted below.
LGBTQ couples in Israel have the same pension, inheritance and medical rights as non-LGBTQ couples. [73] In 1992, legislation was passed into law to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, [73] with some exemptions for religious organizations. In 1997, an amendment was added to the nation's Libel and Slander Law. [74]
In the State of Palestine, there is no specific, stand-alone civil rights legislation that protects LGBT people from discrimination or harassment. Additionally, there have been relatively few murders of LGBT (or allegedly LGBT) people in Palestine, and the victim's sexuality was the primary motive in a case in April 2023, noted below.
The Palestinian LGBTQ community in Israel was "shaken" and "scared" by his death. [3] [2] Knesset member Ibtisam Mara’ana wrote in an op-ed that: "Ahmad’s murder does not interest the public in Israel or the Palestinian Authority. But it permeates the souls of Arab and Palestinian LGBTQ people, and they wonder who is next in line."
In 1975, Israel's first organization to protect LGBT rights is established. (See The Aguda – Israel's LGBT Task Force ). Alizada , coming from the Hebrew "happy" ( aliz ) becomes the first LGBT pride march in Israel on September 17, 1977.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Pro-Palestine Protest at Logroño Pride 2023 March for Israel Rally 2024 LGBTQIA March in Curitiba 2024 Gay Pride and Hope Rally in Tel Aviv Queer advocacy during the Gaza war has remained a significantly contentious topic. Many queer people allied themselves with pro-Palestinian causes, especially ...
In 2011, Aswat and Al Qaws worked with activist Sarah Schulman to organize a delegation of sixteen LGBT people from the United States to Palestine. [14] [15] Following their visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in early 2012, the delegation published a document titled "An Open Letter to LGBTQ Communities on the Israeli Occupation of ...
In April 2019, Al Qaws and activist group Pinkwatching Israel called for a Palestinian boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, hosted by Israel, in opposition to "pinkwashing". [ 9 ] On July 26, 2019, a 16-year-old teen from the Galilee town of Tamra was stabbed by his brother near a shelter for LGBT youth because of his sexual orientation ...