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14 September 2010Supreme Court rules Jerusalem must fund gay centre 3 The Supreme Court has ruled that Jerusalem must pay for a LGBT community centre. -
14 September 2010Gay Saudi diplomat says he’ll be killed if sent home 6 A gay Saudi Arabian diplomat is seeking asylum in the US because he says he will be killed if returned to his home country. -
14 September 2010William Hague to be asked about Iranian teenager sentenced to death for homosexuality 3 Foreign secretary William Hague will be questioned this afternoon about an Iranian teenager who has been sentenced to death for homosexuality offences. -
27 August 2010A year on from Tel Aviv shootings, young survivors visit Berlin memorial + A year after the shootings at a Tel Aviv LGBT youth centre in which two young people died, over a dozen teenagers who were present at the attack have undertaken an organised trip to Germany. -
26 August 2010Israeli gay man kidnapped by relatives 5 Four residents of Tamra, northern Israel, are suspected of kidnapping a 19-year-old gay relative from his home in Tel Aviv and holding him captive for 12 hours. -
18 August 2010Arabic website to tackle gay issues 2 An Arabic-language website set up by two Israeli-Arab literary figures will tackle the issue of homosexuality. -
12 August 2010Gay German foreign minister does not take partner to anti-gay countries 15 German vice-chancellor and foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has stated that he does not take along his partner when making diplomatic trips to countries in which homosexuality is punishable by law. -
11 August 2010Foreign Office: ‘Serious concerns’ over reports of Iranian teen’s death sentence for sodomy 8 The Foreign Office says it has "serious concerns" over reports of an 18-year-old Iranian man being sentenced to death for homosexuality offences. -
11 August 2010Tory MP calls for UK to save Iranian teen sentenced to death for sodomy 5 A gay Conservative MP has urged Foreign Secretary William Hague to intervene in the case of an Iranian teenager sentenced to death for sodomy. -
4 August 2010Iranian teenager faces execution for ‘false’ gay assault charges 19 An 18-year-old Iranian man is facing execution over a false sodomy charge, campaigners say.
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30 July 2010Two thousand marchers join ‘subdued’ Jerusalem Pride 2 Two thousand people marched in Jerusalem Pride's parade yesterday despite anti-gay protests. -
22 July 2010Tel Aviv to rebrand itself as gay destination 16 Tel Aviv's Tourism Association has begun a drive to rebrand the Israeli city as a popular gay destination.
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25 June 2010Israeli police reject proposed gay pride parade route through Jerusalem 8 The Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance's proposed route from for a gay pride march through the city has been rejected by Israeli police, who claimed one reason for their concern is that the route would pass a yeshiva, an institution for the study of traditional Jewish texts such as the Torah. -
23 June 2010Syrian authorities crack down on gay men 6 Syrian authorities have raided several different private gay parties over the last few weeks, arresting over 25 men during the most recent swoop. -
22 June 2010Travel: Tel Aviv- bursting with pride 15 Benjamin Cohen finds that four nights in Tel Aviv for LGBT pride dramatically changed his perception of Israel. Four nights in Tel Aviv, for the city’s LGBT pride celebrations has changed me in a way no holiday ever has before. -
21 June 2010Elton John plays controversial Israel show 52 Elton John played a gig in Israel last week after refusing to bow to pressure to pull out. -
11 June 2010Tel Aviv Pride kicks off 20 Tens of thousands of people are expected to join Tel Aviv Pride today, the Middle East's only significant gay celebration. -
10 June 2010Madrid Pride bans Israeli gay group over Gaza ship raid 25 A group of gay activists from Tel Aviv have been barred from marching in Madrid Pride next month. -
26 May 2010Gay father of twins to be allowed back into Israel this week 7 A gay man with twin sons born to a surrogate mother in India is to be allowed to return to his native Isreal this week after being stranded in a Mumbai hotel for the past two months because of the Ministry of the Interior's refusal to issue a paternity test.
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20 May 2010Iranian lesbian actress may face death if deported 17 An Iranian actress is fighting to win asylum in the UK because she fears she will be killed if sent home.
