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Contents:

• THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL
• FREAK FLAG: ISRAEL'S SECRET & SORDID GAY SPOTS
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
• ISRAEL'S GAY SCENE THRIV UNEXPECTED PLAC
• ISRAEL’S BT GAY & GAY-IENDLY BARS AND FéS
• IN PHOTOS: HAIFA HOLDS LARGT-EVER GAY PRI PARA CY'S HISTORY
• TOP 10 GAY BAR HAIFA

THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL

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”“The fact that a sgle scene on an Apple Pl show featurg Tom Holland has brought out so much homophobia om the stupist people is... Consired the gay-iendlit untry the Middle East, Israel offers LGBT tourists a smasbord of experienc. Israel's Gay Scene Beyond Tel Aviv 7 Queer Jews to Be Reckoned Wh ‘Tel Francis’ (The heartland of the actn)Tel Aviv is the epicenter of Israel’s LGBT scene; the undisputed queer Mec of the Middle East.

FREAK FLAG: ISRAEL'S SECRET & SORDID GAY SPOTS

Some timate that gay people nstute 15% of the cy’s populatn, numberg tens of thoands of lols – and ever-growg hors of tourists. Before them is a feast of dited venu spread liberally throughout the cy re, though there's no particular ‘gayborhood’ – givg the cy a queerer feel numerilly than actually has:1. If mpy Madonna mic and patrons are more your thg, vis the grey lady of Tel Aviv’s gay scene, Eva, where you’re most likely to hear hs om Dana Internatnal – the transsexual Israeli wner of Eurovisn lookg for women?

Take a stroll down elegant Rothschild Boulevard, where gays, straights and everythg between stt their stuff amid shi stalls, prso stands, sculptur and pampered n.

There’s also fashnista Shek Street, and inic Meir Park, a social hub for LGBT Israelis, se of s ma muny center, the tradnal startg part of the cy’s pri para (see Step 2 below), and now proud home to a memorial to Nazi barbary’s gay victims. Haj of the Pristanis: Tel Aviv’s annual LGBT paraFrom bronzed mcle-gods and elaborately rated floats to poted polil plards and mass of rabow flags emblazoned wh the Star of David, Tel Aviv’s annual gay pri para is a mt for those who want to experience Israel’s at ’s gayt, and some would say s et (and still others at s most generate). Beach bums: The Gang of Tel Avivian hedonismIn the relign of many Israelis, gay and straight the same, the Mederranean Sea is the holy of holi – an outdoorsy, uber-rmal culture that venerat feelg and lookg Beach, ironilly (or poetilly?

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS

) posned oppose Tel Aviv’s genr segregated relig beach, and easily intifiable by s rabow umbrellas, is an open-air butchery, packed wh gays (straights wele too!

Though not exclively gay, Israel’s only official nu beach is certaly the only of s type on the eastern Mederranean. ” Such sentiments – let alone bountiful merchandise – are part and parcel of most major wtern ci, yet the Middle East – where homosexuals and sexually pennt women are owned upon – that Tel Aviv has such tablishments, legal at that, is wondro to some.

Blood, square and surrogacy Another worthy stop on the trail is Rab Square where s namake, former Prime Mister Yzhak Rab (who repealed the IDF’s prohibn of openly gay soldiers servg) was assassated.

ISRAEL'S GAY SCENE THRIV UNEXPECTED PLAC

The 2013 gay pri para Jesalem. Both the Mikveh Bar and Vio Bar serve the embattled though fiant muny, gmented by the weekly Saturgay night at Oliver Twist bar and a few other reoccurrg events.

The Jesalem Open Hoe on Ben Yehuda Mall, which aniz the march, also provis LGBT Jesalem wh guidance and unselg servic, and, for some historil profundy, vis Yad Vashem, the movg natnal Holot mm, which mak (albe passg) reference to the thoands of homosexual victims of Nazi terror.

Go North: The gayifitn of the GalileeOften marketed as Israel’s Tny, the Galilee offers stic scenery, historil s, and, specifilly for rabow-trailers, a growg number of same-sex venu, private gay tours and a plethora of B&Bs not so subtly ltg after the pk shekel. Haifa is hands-down the north’s queer pal, boastg the dited Puzzle Bar, the new OverKsch gay le at the Synpa bar, weekly dance parti at the Newton Bar, and even a sna, Sparta Bar, suated the adjog town of Kiryat Atta.

ISRAEL’S BT GAY & GAY-IENDLY BARS AND FéS

After more nature fed wh gay Israeli cematic history? Go South: Sun, sea, salt and Sodom The 2013 gay pri para Ashdod. The Red Sea rort cy of Eilat will celebrate s fourteenth pri ftival May, 2014, and also holds the Solar Ftival at the end of the summer season, an expo of top global gay clubbg brands.

Don’t let the thought of beg rced to a sulfuric puddle dampen your great gay southern tour. As pre-parture homework or trip down-time, gay-themed films such as Yossi and Jagger, billed as Israel’s Brokeback Mounta, The Bubble, featurg the nvoluted love affair of an Israeli soldier and closeted Paltian, as well as Ey Wi Open, centered around the siarly explosive relatnship between two ultra-orthodox Jesalem men, make for some serly taboo-btg some mastream though gay-created Israeli pop?

Although Tel Aviv’s Gay Pri was celebrated nearly half a year ago, people are still hummg the ftival’s official theme song, which was prented by a young (and straight) sger, Omer Adam. The song says “Sahte al Tel Aviv” – which uld be translated as “Good for you, Tel Aviv” – and the gay scene there is ed flourishg.

IN PHOTOS: HAIFA HOLDS LARGT-EVER GAY PRI PARA CY'S HISTORY

But while Tel Aviv is Israel’s gay pal, there is a growg gay scene other ci around the untry, hostg more and more parti and events terg to the LGBT muny. Won't Move Hassled Gay Tenant Israeli Schools Don't Reach Out to Gays Dana Internatnal: 'I Am Israeli Cher' Gay Pri Central to Israel Pilgrimag When Gay Haredi Men Marry Women First JCC-affiliated LGBT Group Viss Israel A Same-sex Couple?

Not My Hoe The Ultimate Gui for Tel Aviv's Pri Week 7 Queer Jews to Be Reckoned Wh Tel Aviv Pri Week: More Than Jt Parti The IsRabow Trail: The LGBT Scene “Bee there is more openns today to gay pri, there is the feelg that this subject has bee a social norm outsi Tel Aviv as well, " says Michal Sher, 31, a member of the executive board of Agudah (the natnal LGBT associatn Israel) and who aniz s weekly dance parti and social activi. "As a rult, there is a growg mand for activi for the gay muny other [Israeli] ci. There are amazg gay muni Be’er Sheva, Jesalem and Haifa, and weekly dance parti are now begng to bee a feature Kiryat Gat, ” he not.

Avishag Tabib, 26, who produc the weekly Monroe multisexual dance parti at Be’er Sheva’s Grace Bar, c another reason for the crease the number of gay events Israel’s outlyg regns, and also scrib the procs that led her to anize weekly dance parti Be’er Sheva. But I really love the cy I live , my iends are here and is important to tablish a gay base here. ” “When we began to anize weekly dance parti nearly three years ago, all we wanted was a place where gays uld party, " she adds.

TOP 10 GAY BAR HAIFA

"There was no gay scene and there were hardly any events for gays here. Today, straight adolcents are gettg the msage that there is a gay muny Be’er Sheva, and they are ol wh that ia. ” Assi Nahum, 33, who produc weekly dance parti for the Newton Bar Haifa, attribut the crease gay events outsi Tel Aviv to the enomic suatn.

“We are today wnsg a trend: Young gay people are returng to their hom northern Israel, where there are many gays, " he says.