LGBTQ+ News
Campaigners have called for organisers of Glasgow Pride, which takes place annually in Scotland’s largest city, to end the “Pinkwashing of Pride” and “partnerships with companies complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians”. Members of No Pride in Genocide (NPiG) have written an open lett
LGBTQ+ News
ILGA World, an international LGBTQ+-rights group, has suspended member organisation The Aguda: The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel after it put forward a motion to host its 2026-27 World Conference in Tel Aviv. ILGA World stated: “The bid to host our next World Conference in Tel Aviv will n
Film
Dima Hamdan, a Palestinian filmmaker and journalist, has won the prestigious Iris Prize, supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation, for her short film Blood Like Water. Based in Berlin, Dima’s film Blood Like Water tells the story of Shadi, who embarks on a secret adventure and accidentally drags h
International News
On Wednesday, July 24, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked gay pro-Palestinian protesters in a speech that he delivered to Congress, less than a year after Hamas launched a surprise attack against communities in southern Israel. “Some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming ‘Gays