Is Tel Aviv the gay pal of the world? - Israel Culture - The Jesalem Post

Contents:

• TEL AVIV-YAFO GAY MAP
• TEL AVIV GAY DISTRICT
• TEL AVIV GAY MAP
• GAY TEL AVIV TEL AVIV CY GUI
• TEL AVIV: GAY ISRAEL
• TEL AVIV GAY BEACH
• TEL AVIV GAY CISE CLUBS
• TEL AVIV GAY TRAVEL
• IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?

TEL AVIV-YAFO GAY MAP

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TEL AVIV GAY DISTRICT

Life the untry’s cultural center has for s offered a largely safe bubble for the gay muny. For Shai Dosh, former chairman of the Aguda, Israel’s Natnal LGBT Taskforce, nearly every block Tel Aviv forms a piece of the untry’s gay and lbian history. And that’s not even untg Hilton Beach, one of the LGBT hangouts, where the cy will foc some of s celebratns for the 18th Gay Pri Para beg held this Friday, June 3.

There’s Rothschild Boulevard, a wi, park-bisected north-south street that is home to so many gay bars at s southern end that ’s “almost weird to see hetero upl kissg at night, ” said Dosh.

And 28 Nahmani Street, a small, somewhat ndown apartment buildg, 1975 beme the home of the Aguda, Israel’s Natnal LGBT Task Force, where gay-iendly Shabbat dners, parti and meetgs were held until a 2009 shootg that killed two changed the look and feel of the gay muny Israel. “They had only one missn, which was betifully naive: to change Israeli law and legalize gays. Dosh, chairman of the Aguda sce 2012, was playg the role of tour gui this morng, showg a group of visg journalists the Gay Pri s Tel Aviv, ahead of the Friday, June 3, Gay Pri para.

TEL AVIV GAY MAP

The cy, said Dosh, has always had a strong gay populatn, which has grown to approximately 25 percent of the timated 420, 000 rints. But back 1948, when the state was tablished, said Dosh, standg on Rothschild Boulevard ont of Inpennce Hall, the untry took many of the pre-state Brish laws as their own, cludg one that outlawed homosexualy.

GAY TEL AVIV TEL AVIV CY GUI

And while their missn was to change the law, they first foced on creatg a muny, holdg Shabbat and holiday dners and gay parti.

“In 1975, they didn’t have parti or apps or Grdr, ” said Dosh, referrg to the popular workg app for gay and bisexual men. Hangg out the Gay Pri flags Tel Aviv, durg the 2015 Gay Pri Para, attend by an approximate 100, 000 people (Gili Yaari/Flash 90). Even when the law was changed, gay Israelis weren’t pletely accepted society, although “livg Tel Aviv was like heaven, ” he said.

TEL AVIV: GAY ISRAEL

It was the 2009 shootg at the Aguda that shifted society’s attu toward the gay muny, said Dosh. Dosh talked about the cisns ma the Israel Defense Forc the mid-1990s, allowg anyone of any genr to serve equally any posn the army, an “equalizg” move for the gay muny. The 1998 Eurovisn, when transgenr sger Dana Internatnal won the song ntt for Israel, was another moment of acceptance for the gay muny, said Dosh.

The Eurovisn celebratn also volved another Tel Aviv landmark, he said, as when Tel Aviv’s entire LGBT muny nverged on the founta at Rab Square — the se of many polil and social gathergs — Jesalem Bear soccer fans, known for their macho attus, were also celebratg a w at the same place and found themselv surround by hors of gay men.

TEL AVIV GAY BEACH

LGBT activist Shai Dosh guidg a group of visg journalists Tel Aviv’s Gan Meir for Gay Pri 2016 (Jsi Steberg/Tim of Israel).

TEL AVIV GAY CISE CLUBS

“Now ’s all about regnn, ” he ntued, as he led the group to Gan Meir, a cy-center park named for the cy’s first mayor, Meir Dizengoff, but now lled the “Gay Garn” for hog the Gay Center, a muny center. The Gay Center hosts activi for the lol LGBT and straight muni, om ballet class to readg groups, wh a fe at the entrance servg prsos and iced ffe.

On Wednday night before Friday’s Gay Pri Para, the group of journalists was planng on seeg Wigstock Tel Aviv, a drag performance of Eurovisn songs, Gan Meir.

Jt outsi the center is another first, a memorial placed 2013 for the homosexual victims of the Holot. It’s a triangle of pk ncrete, remiscent of the triangular badg the Nazis forced homosexuals to wear. It’s a place where cultur lli: Jews, Arabs, Christians, atheists, artists, scientists, lols, foreigners, young, old, gay and straight – they all share this rather secular cy such a relig untry.

TEL AVIV GAY TRAVEL

It’s a cy that don’t sleep and even the heart of a highly relig untry, ’s a place where you n fd a huge gay populatn wh a sense of openns and a thrivg nightlife scene. Tel Aviv don’t specifilly have a gay neighborhood but you n fd lots of gays hangg around the areas drkg at f, ridg bik and walkg dogs durg the day and htg up the bars and clubs by night. Jt about any property is gay-iendly Tel Aviv, but there are a few favor that are well known for gay travelers.

IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?

After all, the gay beach where the hotel ss has been dubbed Hilton Beach and ’s where all the homo’s flock to take the sun. Misterb&b is not a hotel or cha, but rather a bookg platform for rooms, apartments and hom and allows you to book om gay and gay-iendly hosts around the world. Unrstandg the gay scene is much more easily done wh the help of a lol and home-sharg is one of the bt ways to meet someone livg the cy who knows how thgs work, where and when are the bt nights to go out, and what plac to eat at and which to avoid.

TLV Nights PubCrawl – though the webse don’t say they provi gay tours, one of their guis is gay and knows the Tel Aviv gay scene very well. Tony Vpa – An abundance of oh so happy and gay souls stg and sippg outsi… and non-kosher pizza sold by weight (not by the slice) si.