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• WHY TEL AVIV IS ONE OF THE MOST LGBTQ-FRIENDLY CI THE WORLD TEL AVIV CY HALL IS CKED OUT RABOW STRIP DURG PRI | © MORCHAI MEIRI / SHUTTERSTOCK, LR KANTOR 24 DECEMBER 2019 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT TEL AVIV IS AMONG THE MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY STATNS FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS, WH THE CY HOME TO A PLETHORA OF LGBTQ BARS, GYMS, BEACH AND HOTELS, AS WELL THE LARGT PRI PARA THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA. VIEW ALL TRIPS THE CULTURE OF PRI CELEBRAT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RTS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC GREECE SOUTH AI TURKEY CROATIA ECUADOR THAILAND SPA EGYPT INDIA ICELAND BALI JAPAN MEXI THE TEL AVIV PRI PARA TEL AVIV PRI IS ONE OF ISRAEL’S LARGT AND WILST CELEBRATNS. THE PRI PARA TAK PLACE ANNUALLY AS PART OF TEL AVIV PRI WEEK, A SERI OF EVENTS THAT BRGS THE CY’S LGBTQ MUNY TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE WHO THEY ARE TOTAL EEDOM. WHILE A 1979 PROTT HELD AT RAB SQUARE IS OFTEN REGARD AS THE CY’S FIRST PRI EVENT, TEL AVIV LOVE PARA 1997 BEARS MORE SIARI TO THE PARA AS WE KNOW TODAY. TEL AVIV’S LGBTQ MUNY TOGETHER DURG PRI | © SEBASTIAN SCHEER / AP / SHUTTERSTOCK OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE TEL AVIV MUNICIPALY HAS BEEN MAKG MANY EFFORTS TO CEMENT TEL AVIV’S STAT AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI. AT PRI 2017, THE CY’S MAYOR, RON HULDAI, EMPHASISED TEL AVIV’S LIBERAL POSN, STATG: “TEL AVIV PRI PARA IS NOT JT A CELEBRATN, BUT ALSO AN IMPORTANT CLARATN OF SUPPORT. TEL AVIV, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE WORLD’S MOST GAY-IENDLY CY WILL NTUE TO BE A LIGHTHOE CY – SPREADG THE VALU OF EEDOM, TOLERANCE AND MOCRACY TO THE WORLD.” EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP THE PRI FTIVI CULMATE A PARA THROUGH THE CY | © GAL SELIGMANN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO LGBTQ RIGHTS ISRAEL ALTHOUGH THERE IS ALWAYS MUCH PROGRS TO BE MA, ISRAEL’S STANCE ON LGBTQ ISSU IS NSIRED THE MOST TOLERANT THE MIDDLE EAST. WHILE SAME-SEX MARRIAG ARE NOT PERFORMED THE UNTRY, ISRAEL REGNIS HABATN BETWEEN SAME-SEX UPL, AS WELL AS EQUAL MARRIAG PERFORMED ELSEWHERE. ADOPTN BY SAME-SEX UPL WAS LEGALISED 2008, WHILE THE SUPREME COURT OF ISRAEL ALLOWED STEPCHILD ADOPTNS AND LIMED -GUARDIANSHIP RIGHTS FOR NON-BLOGIL PARENTS THREE YEARS PREV. ISRAEL’S STANCE ON LGBTQ ISSU IS NSIRED THE MOST TOLERANT THE MIDDLE EAST | © JIM HOLLANR / EPA-EFE / SHUTTERSTOCK A SURVEY PUBLISHED THE DAY BEFORE TEL AVIV’S 2017 PRI PARA REVEALED THAT 79% OF ISRAELIS SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OR CIVIL UNNS. IN ANOTHER SURVEY, THIS TIME NDUCTED WH GAY TRAVELLERS BACK 2012 BY AMERIN AIRL AND , 43% VOTED TEL AVIV AS THE WORLD’S BT GAY TRAVEL STATN, WAY AHEAD OF NEW YORK, TORONTO, SãO PLO AND MADRID. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. TEL AVIV IS THE HOST OF THE LARGT PRI PARA THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA | © GAL SELIGMANN / ALAMY LIVE NEWS THE ULTIMATE GAY TRAVEL STATN THE TEL AVIV MUNICIPALY IS WORKG HARD TO PROMOTE THE CY’S IMAGE AS ONE OF THE MOST GAY-IENDLY CI THE WORLD, AND THIS N BE REFLECTED MANY OF S IATIV AND PUBLIC EVENTS. DURG PRI WEEK, ADDN TO FILLG THE CY STREETS WH RABOW FLAGS, THE TEL AVIV MUNICIPALY LIGHTS UP CY HALL RABOW STRIP, REMDG VISORS AND TOURISTS OF S SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY. RABOW FLAGS ARE DOTTED AROUND THE CY DURG PRI | © ABIR SULTAN / EPA / SHUTTERSTOCK IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT TEL AVIV IS SUCH A POPULAR LGBTQ TRAVEL STATN, WH GAY HOTELS, BARS, BEACH AND GYMS LOTED ACROSS THE CY. YOU N EVEN BOOK A PRI-ORIENTED TOUR. THE PARA ATTRACTS THOANDS OF REVELLERS EVERY YEAR | © ABIR SULTAN / EPA / SHUTTERSTOCK PRI 2019 MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RTS NEW YORK CY AND THE BEGNGS OF THE TERNATNAL PRI MOVEMENT. TO CELEBRATE, CULTURE TRIP SPOTLIGHTS LGBTQ PNEERS CHANGG THE LANDSPE OF LOVE AROUND THE WORLD. WELE TO THE CULTURE OF PRI. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• WELE TO TEL AVIV, THE GAYT CY ON EARTH
• IS TEL AVIV REALLY THE GAYT CY ON THE PLA?
• LGBTQ . REVEALS ISRAEL'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI PRI MONTH POLL
• PERVERT JOURNALIST GH: TEL AVIV IS THE “GAYT CY ON EARTH”
• WHY IS TEL AVIV THE MOST GAY IENDLY CY THE WORLD?
• FOLLOWG TODAY’S PRI PARA, GAYS NOW MAJORY TEL AVIV
• ISRAEL IS THE GAYT UNTRY ON EARTH

WHY TEL AVIV IS ONE OF THE MOST LGBTQ-FRIENDLY CI THE WORLD TEL AVIV CY HALL IS CKED OUT RABOW STRIP DURG PRI | © MORCHAI MEIRI / SHUTTERSTOCK, LR KANTOR 24 DECEMBER 2019 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT TEL AVIV IS AMONG THE MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY STATNS FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS, WH THE CY HOME TO A PLETHORA OF LGBTQ BARS, GYMS, BEACH AND HOTELS, AS WELL THE LARGT PRI PARA THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA. VIEW ALL TRIPS THE CULTURE OF PRI CELEBRAT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RTS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC GREECE SOUTH AI TURKEY CROATIA ECUADOR THAILAND SPA EGYPT INDIA ICELAND BALI JAPAN MEXI THE TEL AVIV PRI PARA TEL AVIV PRI IS ONE OF ISRAEL’S LARGT AND WILST CELEBRATNS. THE PRI PARA TAK PLACE ANNUALLY AS PART OF TEL AVIV PRI WEEK, A SERI OF EVENTS THAT BRGS THE CY’S LGBTQ MUNY TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE WHO THEY ARE TOTAL EEDOM. WHILE A 1979 PROTT HELD AT RAB SQUARE IS OFTEN REGARD AS THE CY’S FIRST PRI EVENT, TEL AVIV LOVE PARA 1997 BEARS MORE SIARI TO THE PARA AS WE KNOW TODAY. TEL AVIV’S LGBTQ MUNY TOGETHER DURG PRI | © SEBASTIAN SCHEER / AP / SHUTTERSTOCK OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE TEL AVIV MUNICIPALY HAS BEEN MAKG MANY EFFORTS TO CEMENT TEL AVIV’S STAT AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI. AT PRI 2017, THE CY’S MAYOR, RON HULDAI, EMPHASISED TEL AVIV’S LIBERAL POSN, STATG: “TEL AVIV PRI PARA IS NOT JT A CELEBRATN, BUT ALSO AN IMPORTANT CLARATN OF SUPPORT. TEL AVIV, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE WORLD’S MOST GAY-IENDLY CY WILL NTUE TO BE A LIGHTHOE CY – SPREADG THE VALU OF EEDOM, TOLERANCE AND MOCRACY TO THE WORLD.” EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP THE PRI FTIVI CULMATE A PARA THROUGH THE CY | © GAL SELIGMANN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO LGBTQ RIGHTS ISRAEL ALTHOUGH THERE IS ALWAYS MUCH PROGRS TO BE MA, ISRAEL’S STANCE ON LGBTQ ISSU IS NSIRED THE MOST TOLERANT THE MIDDLE EAST. WHILE SAME-SEX MARRIAG ARE NOT PERFORMED THE UNTRY, ISRAEL REGNIS HABATN BETWEEN SAME-SEX UPL, AS WELL AS EQUAL MARRIAG PERFORMED ELSEWHERE. ADOPTN BY SAME-SEX UPL WAS LEGALISED 2008, WHILE THE SUPREME COURT OF ISRAEL ALLOWED STEPCHILD ADOPTNS AND LIMED -GUARDIANSHIP RIGHTS FOR NON-BLOGIL PARENTS THREE YEARS PREV. ISRAEL’S STANCE ON LGBTQ ISSU IS NSIRED THE MOST TOLERANT THE MIDDLE EAST | © JIM HOLLANR / EPA-EFE / SHUTTERSTOCK A SURVEY PUBLISHED THE DAY BEFORE TEL AVIV’S 2017 PRI PARA REVEALED THAT 79% OF ISRAELIS SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OR CIVIL UNNS. IN ANOTHER SURVEY, THIS TIME NDUCTED WH GAY TRAVELLERS BACK 2012 BY AMERIN AIRL AND , 43% VOTED TEL AVIV AS THE WORLD’S BT GAY TRAVEL STATN, WAY AHEAD OF NEW YORK, TORONTO, SãO PLO AND MADRID. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. TEL AVIV IS THE HOST OF THE LARGT PRI PARA THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA | © GAL SELIGMANN / ALAMY LIVE NEWS THE ULTIMATE GAY TRAVEL STATN THE TEL AVIV MUNICIPALY IS WORKG HARD TO PROMOTE THE CY’S IMAGE AS ONE OF THE MOST GAY-IENDLY CI THE WORLD, AND THIS N BE REFLECTED MANY OF S IATIV AND PUBLIC EVENTS. DURG PRI WEEK, ADDN TO FILLG THE CY STREETS WH RABOW FLAGS, THE TEL AVIV MUNICIPALY LIGHTS UP CY HALL RABOW STRIP, REMDG VISORS AND TOURISTS OF S SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY. RABOW FLAGS ARE DOTTED AROUND THE CY DURG PRI | © ABIR SULTAN / EPA / SHUTTERSTOCK IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT TEL AVIV IS SUCH A POPULAR LGBTQ TRAVEL STATN, WH GAY HOTELS, BARS, BEACH AND GYMS LOTED ACROSS THE CY. YOU N EVEN BOOK A PRI-ORIENTED TOUR. THE PARA ATTRACTS THOANDS OF REVELLERS EVERY YEAR | © ABIR SULTAN / EPA / SHUTTERSTOCK PRI 2019 MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RTS NEW YORK CY AND THE BEGNGS OF THE TERNATNAL PRI MOVEMENT. TO CELEBRATE, CULTURE TRIP SPOTLIGHTS LGBTQ PNEERS CHANGG THE LANDSPE OF LOVE AROUND THE WORLD. WELE TO THE CULTURE OF PRI. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Tel Aviv is known ternatnally as one of the most gay-iendly ci the world, welg gay tourists wh open arms, and also offerg a safe refuge for those om the LGBTQ muny of surroundg untri the regn. As Pri 2023 approach, here are jt a few reasons why Tel Aviv is the ultimate LGBTQ travel Aviv Gay Pri WeekOne of the biggt and most excg Pri Week celebratns around the globe, Tel Aviv is known to throw some of the bt parti, and hosts a breathtakg pri para throughout the cy, culmatg on the beach for an unfettable beach party to the sunset. Many Tel Aviv Gay Pri Events will take durg this a Tel Aviv Pri Package Tour to make the most out of Pri while seeg some of the bt s across Israel.

Tel Aviv Gay-Friendly Tours and HotelsPri asi, all Israel tours, tour packag and hotels, are gay-iendly.

Whilst all hotels are gay iendly, here is some of the most gay-iendly acmodatn. The newly opened Inta Hotel offers an urban gay oasis for men suated a betiful 1920’s-era buildg Jaffa. Conveniently loted near the Jaffa Flea Market – Sh Hapishpishim, and steps om the beach, the Inta Hotel is one of the hottt hotel acmodatn optns the cy and the only dited gay hotel the cy.

WELE TO TEL AVIV, THE GAYT CY ON EARTH

See more about Tel Aviv hotel Populatn Tel AvivApproximately 25% of Tel Aviv’s populatn intifi as gay, which nsirg the cy’s populatn is about 400, 000 that means that some 100, 000 people the cy intify themselv as part of the LGBTQ muny. Tel Aviv is known for the supportive and llaborative gay muny that ntu to Rights IsraelWhile Israel may be a trailblazer terms of tolerance for the LGBTQ muny and is certaly the most acceptg and progrsive the Middle East, there are still improvements to be ma.

Beyond this, gay upl are permted to adopt as of 2008, when Israel legalized same-sex parent adoptn. There is always progrs to be ma, but Israel is a lear of gay rights the regn. Read more our article about Gay Tel Aviv For Israeli Army Supports the LGBT CommunyAll Israeli cizens mt serve mandatory ary service, and openly gay, lbian or bi-sexual soldiers may serve the Israeli Defense Force all ary branch.

Discrimatn agast those who intify as gay is strictly forbidn and the ary even regniz same-sex upl the s of war widows or this, Tel Aviv is an ial travel statn boastg priste beach, unique archecture, world-class cuise and a plethora of art, culture, mic, and dance. Gay Pri 2023 is set to be one of the biggt celebratns of the year, after a year of masks and social distancg!

IS TEL AVIV REALLY THE GAYT CY ON THE PLA?

Over the past few years, the Tel Aviv Municipaly has been makg many efforts to cement Tel Aviv’s stat as one of the world’s most gay-iendly ci. Tel Aviv, which has already been acknowledged as the world’s most gay-iendly cy will ntue to be a lighthoe cy – spreadg the valu of eedom, tolerance and mocracy to the world.

LGBTQ . REVEALS ISRAEL'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI PRI MONTH POLL

In another survey, this time nducted wh gay travellers back 2012 by Amerin Airl and, 43% voted Tel Aviv as the world’s bt gay travel statn, way ahead of New York, Toronto, São Plo and Madrid. The ultimate gay travel statn The Tel Aviv Municipaly is workg hard to promote the cy’s image as one of the most gay-iendly ci the world, and this n be reflected many of s iativ and public events. It’s no surprise that Tel Aviv is such a popular LGBTQ travel statn, wh gay hotels, bars, beach and gyms loted across the cy.

PERVERT JOURNALIST GH: TEL AVIV IS THE “GAYT CY ON EARTH”

Most urban centers have a ncentrated epicenter affectnately lled a gayborhood or a gay ghetto. “Everythg Tel Aviv is gay, herently gay, ” said Leon Avigad, who owns two very chic boutique hotels wh his partner Nzan Perry.

WHY IS TEL AVIV THE MOST GAY IENDLY CY THE WORLD?

Christopher muther/globe staffThe long-standg le of thumb is that 10 percent of the populatn is gay, give or take.

The timate by officials Tel Aviv is 25 percent of s populatn is gay. At a gay dance party lled Dreck, the crowd didn’t arrive until 1 a.

FOLLOWG TODAY’S PRI PARA, GAYS NOW MAJORY TEL AVIV

There are a few gay specific clubs, but most of the scene volv attendg a weekly gay dance party at an otherwise heterosexual club. However, you should e for the lol produce at Carmel Market, cktails the hipster ’hood of Florent, shoppg at Jaffa Railway Statn and Old Tel Aviv Port, and the lobby bar scene at plac such as the Norman and Hotel I mentn there’s a thrivg gay scene? The qutn I posed to everybody I met, even the octop of a man whose hands seemed to be everywhere but on his own cktail, was why the gays had flocked here?

A more plsible explanatn may be that Tel Aviv is the most gay iendly cy the Middle East. The center hosts a gay parents support group, a queer cema workshop, patg lsons, a krgarten, a medil clic, performance space, and nearly any other service you n day I met wh Avihu Mizan, the center’s cultural events ordator, I tripped over children’s sho that ltered the halls as he apologized for the screamg hor of kids playg on the send floor.

ISRAEL IS THE GAYT UNTRY ON EARTH

Gay life Tel Aviv isn’t all parti and skimpy bathg sus at Hilton Beach.

There is a gayby boom happeng here, and there are plenty the LGBT muny who have no tert stayg up until I was very terted the rave-ups. At the Pengu Club, I stumbled across a party lled 1984 wh a mixed gay and straight crowd. Christopher Muther wrote the Boston Globe Friday that Tel Aviv is the gayt cy on earth.