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Fast Forward Supreme Court Gives Israel Two Months To Rethink Gay Adoption Policy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court has given the government two months to reconsider its opposition to allowing same-sex couples to adopt in the country. The decision Tuesday comes a day after the state told the court Monday that the government remains opposed to allowing same-sex couples to adopt, claiming that their decision “takes into…
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Fast Forward Texas Speaker Vows To Fight GOP On Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill
The moderate brand of Texas Republican politics practiced by Joe Straus, the Jewish speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, may be on the line as a 30-day special legislative session begins Tuesday. The main event is Texas’ version of the bathroom bill, which could restrict transgender people to using bathrooms for the gender assigned…
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Fast Forward Reporter Who Scored Scoop On Chicago Dyke March Hits Back At Organizers
Gretchen R. Hammond, the Jewish journalist who broke the story of women with rainbow flags bearing Stars of David being asked to leave the Chicago Dyke March, took to Twitter on Monday to suggest that march organizers were responsible for her getting bounced from her reporting job. After the story ran, Hammond was transferred to…
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Fast Forward Israeli Government Still Opposed To Same-Sex Couples Adopting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s government remains opposed to allowing same-sex couples to adopt in the country, the state said in response to a Supreme Court petition. The government did, however, say it would allow common-law couples who have been living together for three years to adopt children in Israel. The decision to not change its…
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Fast Forward Chicago Dyke March Tweets ‘Zio Tears’ — An Anti-Semitic Dog Whistle
Leaders of the Chicago Dyke March used “Zio tears” an anti-Semitic epithet popularized by white supremeacist David Duke on Twitter last night. The tweet was a response to an article reporting that the Jewish transgender reporter who covered the Chicago Dyke March for the LGBT newspaper Windy City Times had been involuntarily relieved of reporting…
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Fast Forward Roberta Kaplan, Lawyer Who Won Edie Windsor Gay Marriage Case, Launches Firm
Edith Windsor’s lawyer is hanging up a shingle. Roberta Kaplan, the attorney who represented Windsor in the 2013 Supreme Court victory that helped lead the way to the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage, is leaving the mega-firm Paul Weiss to set up her own company. So far, things have been going well at Kaplan’s new…
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Fast Forward North Carolina Pride Vow To Solve Yom Kippur Parade Conflict
(JTA) — Organizers of North Carolina’s Pride parade and festival said they would find a solution following complaints from the Jewish community about the event being scheduled for Yom Kippur. “We’re going to solve that no matter what it takes,” organizer John Short told The Herald-Sun on Thursday. “Exactly how we’ll solve that we don’t know.” Short…
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Opinion I’m The First Transgender Army Officer In Israeli History. This Is My Story.
Last week, four years after I graduated from the Israel Defense Forces officer course, I was promoted to the rank of captain. For me, this is not a personal achievement; it is one dedicated to my commanders. Understand that my journey was not like any other. I am Israel’s first openly transgender soldier. A year…
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