Middle East LGBTQ News: Politics, judicial & Rights

Middle East LGBTQ news continues to evolve as countries across the region face growing scrutiny over human rights, safety, and equality. While Israel has often been viewed as a more progressive environment compared to neighboring nations, recent reports highlight ongoing challenges within its own borders.

JRL CHARTS delivers comprehensive coverage of LGBTQ developments across the Middle East, providing context, analysis, and breaking news impacting the global community.

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30 06, 2022

Amazon Caves into UAE Restrictions on LGBTQ+ Search Results

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-17T12:27:54-07:00June 30th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: Amazon caves to homophobia, Kuwait, Middle East LGBTQ News, PRIDE month, Saudi Arabia, UAE bans Amazon LGBTQ, UAE embassy in Washington, United Arab Emirates|

MIDDLE EAST — (06-30-22) — Tech giant caves into homophobic pressure from the United Arab Emirates over LGBTQ+ themed books and rainbow-colored flags after threats of penalties The publicly traded company decided to give into the demands of the homophobic rulers of the third word nations as Pride month, designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ people around [...]

27 06, 2022

Israel: Police Ban PRIDE Parade Route, Gives to anti-LGBT Protesters

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-17T12:31:50-07:00June 27th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: anti-LGBT Protest Israel, Israel bans Pride Parade, Israel LGBT Community, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, Middle East LGBTQ News, pride festivals, Rabbi Tzvi Kustiner|

JERUSALEM — (06-27-22) — The country that boasts about being the most LGBTQ friendly country in the Middle East, bans Pride parade routes and gives them to anti-LGBT protesters headed by Rabbi Tzvi Kustiner. Last week police approved a local anti-LGBTQ group known as yeshiva, to march down the same routes planned for the PRIDE [...]

20 06, 2022

LGBTQ Palestinians Now Qualify for Israeli Special Work Visas

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-17T12:28:23-07:00June 20th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: discriminated LGBTQ Palestinians, Israeli special work permits, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, LGBTQ PA territories, Middle East LGBTQ News, Ministry of Defense Ofir Shama, MK Abtisam Maraana, Palestinian authority|

By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT News International JERUSALEM — (06-20-22) — LGBTQ Palestinians who have been persecuted and discriminated against in the PA territories are to receive Israeli special work visas. The need for work visas for Palestinians from the LGBT community came up on Monday during the Committee for Foreign [...]

15 10, 2021

LGBTQ People Are Being Hunted Down in Kabul, Afghanistan

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-17T12:29:28-07:00October 15th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Asia, World LGBT News|Tags: hate crimes, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, LGBTQ Afghanistan News, Middle East LGBTQ News, Taliban|

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — (10-15-21) — LGBTQ people in Afghanistan are being hunted down by the Taliban. They are currently living in fear and are worried they will be found, persecuted and killed by the Taliban. Kimahli Powell, executive director of Rainbow Railroad, talked to CBSN's Tanya Rivero about the crisis and what his organization is [...]

11 05, 2021

Gay Iranian Man Beheaded in Alleged Honor Killing

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-17T12:32:10-07:00May 11th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Asia, World LGBT News|Tags: action movies, assassin movies 2021, crime, Iran LGBTQ News, Lionsgate, Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Middle East LGBTQ News, News & Film Roles | JRL CHARTS, Samuel L. Jackson – Trailers, the protege film 2021, the protege official trailer|

By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics Asia LAS VEGAS — (05-11-21) — A young 20 year-old gay man by the name of Ali Fazeli Monfared, was beheaded by family members in what is being called an “honor killing” in the Middle East. LGBTQ Human Rights Group were quick to condemn the action [...]

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