2023 Global Gay Pri Calendar

Contents:

• GAY RIGHTS: JESALEM CELEBRAT 20 YEARS OF PRI MARCH
• JESALEM GAY PRI PARA, RABBI'S FUNERAL SET HOUR APART RAISE TENSNS, THORI ON HIGH ALERT
• GAY PRI CALENDAR

GAY RIGHTS: JESALEM CELEBRAT 20 YEARS OF PRI MARCH

Gay pri stabber Yishai Schlissel is led out of the urtroom, at the Jesalem District Court on June 26, 2016, after beg sentenced to life prison and an addnal 31 years. I was shocked to the pths of my soul by this wild cement, by the famatn agast the gay muny, the profani, and the ath threats, " said Knset speaker add that he me to the march to "stand up agast this evil spir and say clearly and unequivolly as the Speaker of the Knset that reprents the entire public Israel: LGBTQ people are equal cizens and serve full and equal rights. "Horowz poted to reforms ma surrogacy to allow same-sex upl and sgle fathers to have children through the procs, regulatns issued agast nversn therapy and the approval of allowg gay men to donate blood.

"Itamar Ben-Gvir prottg the Jesalem gay pri para, 2009. The sign to his right lls marchers 'sick perverts'Cred: Ts ScheflanAs past years, there have been real threats agast , most recently reported by the watchdog group Fake Reporter, which intified cement and vlent threats agast the marchers on social media, wh posts exprsg the wish that participants “die om gunfire” or get shot or group makg the threats is affiliated wh Lehava, which aniz a yearly unterprott agast the para which activists stand as close to the para as they are permted by police, shout slurs at the marchers and acce them of rptg children and filg opposn peaked 2005, when Smotrich, then a young right-wg activist, and Lehava-affiliated Ben-Gvir joed forc wh others to anize a "beast para" ahead of the event, placg farm animals along the route, orr to illtrate the parallel between homosexualy and btialy. Three weeks after his release a later 2015, Schlissel ntued his missn, attackg marchers aga and killg 16-year-old high school stunt Shira Banki as well as jurg six what beme a sndal about the police's failure to bar him om the stabbg the Gay Pri para Thursday, July 30, 2015, and Shira AP and urtySce then, the dark cloud of Banki’s murr has hung over the event.

JESALEM GAY PRI PARA, RABBI'S FUNERAL SET HOUR APART RAISE TENSNS, THORI ON HIGH ALERT

”Netanyahu prevly fend the para when Ben-Gvir’s polil partner, homophobic lear of the Noam party, Avi Maoz, took aim at the event shortly after the Jesalem Pri Para Ohad ZwigenbergIn a post-electn victory terview wh an Orthodox newspaper, Maoz promised to “make sure to ncel” the “shameful” event, sayg “’s a disgrace that there is a para” and that such “a promiscuo abomatn” harms “holy Jesalem. Police bolstered on pal’s streets for annual event; 2 teens taed for puttg up posters agast event; anti-gay Lehava group monstrat agast participants. Thoands of people take part the annual Gay Pri Para Jesalem, June 3, 2021.

The annual event is a highlight for the cy’s vibrant LGBT muny, which is often overshadowed by Tel Aviv’s gay-iendly persona and bet by relig and polil tensns ever-prent the pal.

As thoands filled the pal’s streets, a small monstratn prottg the para was held by members of the far-right and anti-gay Lehava anizatn. Right wg activists monstrate agast the annual Gay Pri para Jesalem, on June 3, 2021.

GAY PRI CALENDAR

People at the Gay Pri Para Jesalem on June 3, 2021, look at a photo of Shira Banki, murred by an ultra-Orthodox extremist at the march 2015. JERUSALEM — Jesalem’s 21st gay pri para, held Thursday wh some 30, 000 participants, was pecially polil this year wh lears of the opposn takg the stage to fend Israel’s mocratic para took place unr heavy societal tensns. Tragic memori of the 2015 murr of 16-year-old Shira Banki by an ultra-Orthodox zealot durg that year's gay pri march hovered over everythg.

Several policians intified wh homophobic and anti-gay stanc hold key posns the current ernment, makg this year’s para pecially tense.

On the morng of the para, Jesalem’s Deputy Mayor Yosi Havil nducted six alternative weddg servic for members of the gay muny his municipal office.

In a public statement, Havil said, “Anyone who has a problem wh gay upl is wele to move to another cy. ”“This is the most important gay pri para ever, ” said Hila Pe’er, chair of Aguda, Israel’s LGBT task force. That is our rponse to the homophobia, prejudice and discrimatn oozg om the ernment.

”The history of Jesalem’s gay pri para shows that this nnot be taken for granted the cy that is home to hundreds of thoands of relig and ultra-Orthodox rints. Jesalem’s gay pri para was first lnched the summer of 2002, spe vocifero opposn om a cy uncil domated by ultra-Orthodox parti led by then Deputy Mayor Uri Lopoliansky. While Amir Ohana of the Likud, an openly gay man who has children wh his partner, serv as speaker of the Knset, his senr posn was not mentned even once at the event.

EventThe Jesalem Open Hoe for Pri and Tolerance has announced plans to hold a para June 2 support of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ) rights. Muny feels threatened by the right-wg ernment and s judicial overhl plan — even wh a gay speaker of Parliament.

Another far-right mister wh a history of homophobia, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who now overse the police, was tasked wh securg Jesalem para is normally a relatively staid annual tradn. Activists have reported a sharp crease anti-gay abe and vlence Israel recent months, and had been expectg a large turnout for this year’s para. Dpe lls om the gay muny for Mr.

Members of Israel’s tech sector, women’s anizatns and army rervists who, together wh the gay muny, have played a proment role the anti-judicial overhl protts, attend the Jesalem para Netanyahu has pledged to protect gay rights and appoted Amir Ohana, a member of his nservative Likud party, as the first openly gay speaker of Israel’s Ohana was publicly weled at a state ceremony this year, markg the 75th anniversary of Israel’s tablishment, together wh his life partner, unrlg the high profile of the gay muny Israel even as hostile rhetoric om officials grows. “Maybe we won’t see a law sayg gay men have to wear a pk shirt Israel, ” said Jonathan Valfer, chairman of the Jesalem Open Hoe for Pri and Tolerance and a para anizer, of the potential dangers posed by the ernment’s judicial the end, he said an terview, gay rights — such as same-sex surrogacy rights — have mostly been nferred by the Supreme Court rather than the lawmakers.