Homophobia

Iran, Egypt decry World Cup 'Pride Match' as Seattle locals have no plans to tone down celebrations

"They're not going to turn off the World Cup on state television in Iran or Egypt to block out a Pride flag in the audience," Cairns said.

WHILE HAVING qualified for the 2026 World Cup, Iran’s national soccer federation stated that participation in the tournament is now in doubt amid the current US and Israeli strikes.
Israeli flag and rainbow flag being waved at Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 25 2021

Anti-LGBTQ violence in Israel rose sharply in 2025, national queer and trans violence report finds

Paivi Rasanen (R), member of the Finnish Parliament, testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2026.

Finland's Supreme Court fines MP for calling homosexuality 'developmental disorder'

File photo: Ugandan Members of Parliament stand as they participate during the passing of the anti-Homosexuality bill, at a sitting inside the Parliament Buildings in Kampala, Uganda May 2, 2023.

Uganda abandons prosecution in first 'aggravated homosexuality' case under controversial 2023 law


Arab Gulf countries crack down on homosexuality

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar are tightening laws that aim to prevent, prohibit, and punish homosexual relations and deport foreign nationals caught working in massage parlors.

 People take part in a rally marking the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 3, 2021.

Avi Maoz is unfit to have authority on Israel's education system - editorial

There are plenty of reasons that Maoz is considered an extremist. The first and most obvious is his blatant homophobia.

 MK Avi Maoz from the Noam party arrives for a meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's residence in Jerusalem on November 10, 2022.

50 local authorities declare intent to boycott Avi Maoz’s anti-LGBTQ policies

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announced on Saturday that his party is opening a hotline for parents who are concerned about the content Maoz may bring into their childrens' schools.

 MK Avi Maoz from the Noam party arrives for a meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's residence in Jerusalem on November 10, 2022.

Russian parliament passes law banning 'LGBT propaganda' among adults

The Russian parliament has widened the prohibition of "LGBT propaganda", making any expression of an LGBT lifestyle almost impossible.

 Law enforcement officers block participants of the LGBT community rally "X St.Petersburg Pride" in central Saint Petersburg, Russia August 3, 2019.

Israel’s right to sideline the Left - opinion

While the Left is waiting, the rest of us can celebrate the benefits of an incoming coalition of the electorate’s actual choosing.

 Head of the Otzma Yehudit Party MK Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to supporters as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem, November 1, 2022.

'Radicalized teenager' killed two outside Slovakia gay bar - PM

Radicalized, antisemite teenager shot dead two people outside a gay bar in Slovakia's capital Bratislava.

 Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova stands next to her partner Juraj Rizman and the owner of a gay bar as a person lays a tribute at the site of a shooting in Bratislava, Slovakia October 13, 2022.

Qatari delegate to Geneva UN deletes Twitter after watchdog exposes antisemitic, homophobic tweets

Qatar's delegate to the UN in Geneva paid a price after antisemitic, homophobic tweets were revealed.

 Hend Al-Muftah speaks in a Qatari video on how the country handled higher education during the coronavirus pandemic, March 17, 2021

Qatar UN envoy deletes Twitter account after uproar over cursing Jews, gay men

Tweets by the Qatari UN envoy cited antisemitic tropes and called on God to "curse" gay people.

Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.

How to go on the offensive against anti-Zionists

From the Palestinian leadership’s misogyny, intolerance of LGBQT+, dictatorship-style treatment of journalists and their citizens, and kleptocracy: Narratives to go on the offensive.

 A poster for the 2009 Israeli Apartheid Week, designed by Carlos Latuff.

Extremist antisemite in UK had bomb-making instructions, a banned dagger

Scott Mason, 36, was jailed for three years after having a banned copy of the Anarchist's Cookbook and an illegal push-dagger.

WHITE NATIONALISTS give Nazi salutes during a swastika burning in the US State of Georgia in 2018.