Homophobia
Anti-LGBTQ violence in Israel rose sharply in 2025, national queer and trans violence report finds
A total of 432 homophobic or transphobic physical incidents were reported in Israel in 2025, the Aguda's report found.
Finland's Supreme Court fines MP for calling homosexuality 'developmental disorder'
Uganda abandons prosecution in first 'aggravated homosexuality' case under controversial 2023 law
Police arrest 16-year-old from Bnei Brak suspected of setting fire to Pride flag in Tel Aviv
LGBTQ+ youth violently attacked in Jerusalem on way to trans conference
LGBTQ+ youth were violently attacked by teenagers near the Jerusalem Central Bus Station while bystanders looked on and did nothing.
Prosecutor investigates anti-LGBT, Nazi march in downtown Madrid
Protesters wore T-shirts and tattoos of fascist and Nazi symbols, and some made the Nazi salute, Reuters witnesses said.
Iran president Raisi said homosexuality is ‘nothing but savagery’
The new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi declared in an anti-gay tirade in 2014 that same-sex relations are “nothing but savagery.”
14 years in prison for attempted murder of brother over homosexuality
The two brothers arrived at the hostel accompanied by their friend, and one of them attacked the youngest brother, stabbing him many times all over his body until he collapsed.
Tel Aviv Pride Parade sparked the latest COVID outbreak - Smotrich
The far-right MK listed a number of other factors he said helped spread the outbreak, including vacations abroad and Muslims who travelled during Eid al-Adha.
Jailed transgender women in Cameroon to be released pending appeal
The two women received the maximum sentence of five years in prison and fines of 200,000 CFA francs for "attempted homosexuality," public indecency and failing to carry identification.
Hungarian Jews protest ‘gay propaganda law’
The Golem Theater, a Budapest-based institution that deals extensively with Jewish subjects and has many Jewish members, said on Facebook that it “stands against the propaganda law.”
Mexico fans hit with FIFA ban at World Cup qualifier for homophobic slurs
Mexico's games against Jamaica on September 2 and Canada on October 7 in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying will be played in empty stadiums as a result of the sanctions.
'Death to the gays' scrawled on rainbow heart in Yehud
The incident comes the night before a Pride event for LGBT families in Yehud-Monosson.
Hungary could be sanctioned over anti-LGBT+ law, warns EU equality chief
The move, which critics say wrongly conflates pedophilia with LGBT issues, triggered a mass rally outside parliament on Monday, while several rights groups have called on Fidesz to withdraw the bill.