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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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1 12, 2019

Turkish Judge Moves Forward on LGBT Pride Marchers

By |2026-05-17T12:32:37-07:00December 1st, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Asia|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

ANKARA — (12-01-19) — A Turkish judge has ruled that the cases against LGBT pride marchers can go forward, rejecting their calls to throw out the trial of 19 people. Turkish authorities arrested 19 people for participating in an LGBT+ Pride march on a university campus back on May 10 which consisted of both students [...]

2 11, 2019

Palestinian Authorities Up Arrests, Beatings of LGBTQ Activists

By |2026-05-17T12:29:46-07:00November 2nd, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , |

WEST BANK, ISRAEL — (11-02-19) — Middle East LGBTQ group alQaws on a sudden and alarming increase in arrests and abductions of LGBTQ activists by the Palestinian Authority. In a statement released by alQaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society, condemned the recent increase in police violence towards LGBTQ activists. Palestinian Authority Arresting, [...]

21 01, 2019

TV News Anchor Gets One Year In Jail for Interviewing Gay Man

By |2026-05-17T12:33:29-07:00January 21st, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , |

GIZA, EGYPT — (01-21-19) — Egyptian TV News anchor Mohamed al-Ghiety has been jailed for one year after interviewing a gay man on his privately owned LTC TV channel in the Muslim conservative country. The Giza court also fined Mohamed al-Ghiety, 3,000 Egyptian pounds ($167; £130) for allegedly promoting homosexuality on his show. Even though [...]

16 07, 2018

LGBT Activists Protest Israel’s Anti-LGBT Surrogacy Law

By |2026-05-17T12:34:34-07:00July 16th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

LGBT activists in Tel Aviv, Israel are protesting the the government's 'Surrogacy Law' which is the first law in decades that targets the gay community. To show their outrage, LGBT activists blocked traffic on the popular King George Street in Tel Aviv and demonstrated with never ending chants in front of the city's right wing [...]

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