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• BT GAY BARS TEL AVIV
• 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 EGYPT INDIA SOUTH AI ICELAND JAPAN MEXI CROATIA THAILAND SPA BALI GREECE MOROC TURKEY ECUADOR 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?
• FREAK FLAG: ISRAEL'S SECRET & SORDID GAY SPOTS
• IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?
• TEL AVIV GAY TRAVEL
• GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS
• ISRAEL'S GAY SCENE THRIV UNEXPECTED PLAC
• TEL AVIV GAY CISE CLUBS

BT GAY BARS TEL AVIV

Tel Aviv has some of the bt gay bars and wh Pri Week quickly approachg there will be some of the bt parti happeng across the cy. ShpagatA staple the Tel Aviv gay bar scene, Shpagat is one of the bt gay bars Tel Aviv and popular among lols and tourists alike.

Ha-Mekhuga St 10, Tel AvivLa BohemeAnother new kid on the block, La Boheme is a new gay bar Tel Aviv that recently opened.

Wh an extensive selectn of expertly crafted cktails and laid back, welg vib, is easy to see why La Boheme is one of the bt gay bars Tel Aviv, and is not to be missed. HaArba’a St 14, Tel AvivApolo ClubA long-standg bar the gay scene of Tel Aviv, Apolo is a dancebar and nightclub that offers two floors of fun and partyg. Apolo is one of the bt gay bars Tel Aviv, a great place to meet people, drk and dance the night away.

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 EGYPT INDIA SOUTH AI ICELAND JAPAN MEXI CROATIA THAILAND SPA BALI GREECE MOROC TURKEY ECUADOR 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?

Mic and fun are the foc at Alphabet Club, and as one of the bt gay bars Tel Aviv, is a great place to dance and have fun, enjoyg the te vibe of Tel Aviv nightlife. Ahad Ha’Am St 54, Tel AvivCheck out some more of Tel Aviv’s bt gay bars and nightclubs this weekend pub crawl! 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.

FREAK FLAG: ISRAEL'S SECRET & SORDID GAY SPOTS

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. 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.

IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?

“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.

“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.

TEL AVIV GAY TRAVEL

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. 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.

GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS

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.

ISRAEL'S GAY SCENE THRIV UNEXPECTED PLAC

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

“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.

TEL AVIV GAY CISE CLUBS

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.