gay pride
To DC Dykes, the Star of David is a nationalist symbol; to Jews it’s a sign of faith
By Yonat Shimron — June 7, 2019
(RNS) — For queer Jews, the rainbow flag with the Star of David has nothing to do with Israel. They say it’s a Jewish symbol and an ancient one at that, predating the modern State of Israel by more than 1,500 years.
Hackers add rainbows, gay pride slogans to ISIS accounts
By Jerome Socolovsky — June 18, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — The Anonymous hacker collective has launched a campaign to add rainbow flags and gay pride slogans to Islamic State Twitter accounts in response to the Orlando gay dance club attack.
Ugandans mark gay pride, but stigma tempers joy
By Reuters — August 10, 2015
ENTEBBE, Uganda (Reuters) Several dozen Ugandans marked Gay Pride on Saturday, cheering that such a parade could go ahead in a country that only last year tried to impose long jail terms for gay sex.
Israeli teen dies of injuries from stabbing at Gay Pride parade
By Reuters — August 2, 2015
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) Police have come under criticism for not keeping the suspect under surveillance, as he had been released from prison weeks earlier after being jailed for stabbing three at the same event in 2005.
Children need heterosexual parents, says pope after gay pride march
By Rosie Scammell — June 15, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Sunday stressed the importance of children having heterosexual parents, just a day after Rome’s Gay Pride march demonstrated the changing attitudes about same-sex couples outside the Vatican walls.
Years of tension yield to thaw between gays, Mormons
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — January 3, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) After years of tension between Mormons and gay rights activists -- with political action and theological pronouncements on one side, protests and pain on the other -- the gulf between the two groups has begun to narrow. By Peggy Fletcher Stack.
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