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Contents:

• GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS
• IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?
• TEL AVIV GAY TRAVEL
• BT GAY BARS TEL AVIV
• THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL
• WELE TO TEL AVIV, THE GAYT CY ON EARTH
• OVER 250,000 REVELERS FLOOD TEL AVIV FOR ISRAEL’S BIGGT EVER GAY PRI PARA
• FOLLOWG TODAY’S PRI PARA, GAYS NOW MAJORY TEL AVIV
• IS TEL AVIV REALLY THE GAYT CY ON THE PLA?
• LGBTQ . REVEALS ISRAEL'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI PRI MONTH POLL

GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS

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.

IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?

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. 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. 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.

TEL AVIV GAY TRAVEL

Gay Pri 2023 is set to be one of the biggt celebratns of the year, after a year of masks and social distancg! “A ltle more than three years ago, we moved here om Netanya, and we found a void wh regard to everythg nnected to the gay muny, ” says Ma’ayan Gilad, the LGBTQ muny ordator for Harish and the nearby town of Byama-Givat Ada. Israel's Health Mistry Bans LGBTQ 'Conversn Therapy' Fed Up Wh Tel Aviv's 'Liberal Homophobia, ' Queer Scene Thriv Unlikely Place 'An Esrt or a Nymphomaniac?

For many years, we didn’t manage to pass almost any legislatn, didn’t manage to make progrs on the natnal polil level, and we realized that the natnal learship wasn’t reflectg the posns that the Israeli public had regardg the gay muny.

BT GAY BARS TEL AVIV

“In a lot of surveys, we have been seeg a posive public posn toward , like the matters of gay parentg and the fight agast LGBTQ-hatred, ” he ntu.

We unrstood that was a pot that many stanc mobiliz the gay muny and begs to velop a lol activist muny that creat change. Even municipal ernments that didn’t receive fundg om have referred to the event as an event of tolerance for the gay muny and have been fundg – such as Ramat Gan and Ra’anana.

THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL

She arrived the cy as part of natnal service at the Israel Gay Youth anizatn, livg a mune wh a group of LGBTQ people and volunteered at a lol elementary school. ” Thoands of people marchg the cy of Haifa durg the Gay Pri Para on June 22, Rami Shllh‘The solutn to vlence is the tn of young people’ The rults of a survey of the needs of the LGBTQ muny Byama-Givat Ada were released this week.

Acrdg to Gilad, Byama-Givat Ada, like Harish, has a gay muny, but there was no agency to lk between people. The first is addrsed to the gay muny, askg for the gree of satisfactn they feel wh prent ndns and what they would like to receive as part of the servic provid to their muny.

The story of the gay muny here began four years ago as a social activy, wh a place for people to meet, culmatg a Gay Pri event Sha’ar Hanegev last summer. Harel Eliyahu Hershkovz“The uncil has grown a lot and has bee heterogeneo, and among the newers are gay fai. We are marchg hand hand wh the lol muny orr to make progrs and provi better-sued servic, such as changg official forms so they clu ‘Parent 1, Parent 2, ’ postg Gay Pri signs at central tersectns the uncil’s jurisdictn and at the uncil buildg durg Gay Pri Month, urgg uncil lears to attend our events, and teachg all krgarten teachers the area about different typ of fai on the LGBTQ spectm.

WELE TO TEL AVIV, THE GAYT CY ON EARTH

“I haven’t enuntered homophobia, but I also haven’t seen a same-sex uple walkg down the street holdg hands.

OVER 250,000 REVELERS FLOOD TEL AVIV FOR ISRAEL’S BIGGT EVER GAY PRI PARA

“Tel Aviv is very important for the gay muny, offers many opportuni and possibili, and most gay people see themselv growg and raisg fai the metropolan Tel Aviv area.

Attractg a specific part of the muny In south Tel Aviv’s Neve Sha’anan neighborhood, people are tryg to build an LGBTQ muny; more specifilly, a gay male one. Gadi Tun, who liv there wh his partner and their baby dghter, is one of the stigators of “New Sha’anan, ” an iative seekg to turn the neighborhood to Tel Aviv’s gay quarter. “Our iative is tryg to nsolidate an already existg trend, formalizg the flow of gay people om the center to this neighborhood.

I’m specifilly referrg to gay men, not members of the entire LGBTQ muny, sce ’s maly men who are movg , eher sgle or as upl. That’s why we thk gay men uld be the vanguard, as happened San Francis, New York, London and Madrid, where they me to difficult neighborhoods, their prence improvg secury public spac. ” What about the claim that the arrival of well-off upl to the neighborhood – gay people this se – will ph people wh fewer means, such as transgenr people and other members of the muny, to prostutn?

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

” Are you worried that if the iative to brand the neighborhood as gay succeeds, weaker people will be phed out? A participant Mzpeh Ramon’s first Pri Ilan Assayag“I don’t thk the gay muny is of one stripe soc-enomic terms.

“Unr the current velopment polici prevailg Israel, particularly Tel Aviv, affluent gay people displace weaker people om the cy. As someone who’s studied this and still als wh the issue, as a gay person and a rint of Tel Aviv, I believe Neve Sha’anan should unrgo urban renewal and procs that will fix thgs.

So should e as no surprise that Israel’s pal of ol, Tel Aviv, where 25% of the populatn is timated to be LGBT, has gaed an ternatnal reputatn as one of the world’s top statns for gay men.

IS TEL AVIV REALLY THE GAYT CY ON THE PLA?

If you haven’t yet add Tel Aviv to your travel erary, our Gay Tel Aviv for Begners gui will have you lookg at tickets no time!

One reason gay nightlife Tel Aviv is so excg is that the Tel Aviv gay scene revolv around weekly parti, rather than specific bars or clubs like most ci around the isn’t to say that certa gay bars Tel Aviv aren’t extremely popular. They boast crystal clear waters, whe sands, and an astoundg number of attractive people soakg up the you’ll be wele at nearly every beach Tel Aviv, there is an unofficial gay beach: Hilton Beach.

Although heterosexual people e to this beach as well, you n expect most of your fellow patrons to be gay.

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

Simply head north on Dizengoff Street until you h Jabotsky Street, then take a left and walk down to the Aviv Gay PriTel Aviv hosts the only public gay pri para the entire Middle East. As beg gay is legal and mostly accepted Israel, lols and visors alike hold nothg back the para, which is a wild party and of self. An afterparty at Charl Clore Park keeps the energy bt part of Tel Aviv pri is not the para self, but the fact that Tel Aviv’s gay nightlife gets even wilr durg pri!

Acceptance of the LBTQ+ Communy Tel AvivIsrael is whout a doubt the most acceptg and open Middle Eastern untry when to gay people.

All hotels Tel Aviv are gay iendly, and s safe to say the same for most rtrants, bars, f, and stor – fely the on which visors to the cy are likely to vis. Openly gay travelers are also weled to regular tours around Israel whout any expectatn to jo separate groups.