Wele to Tel Aviv, the gayt cy on earth - The Boston Globe

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• THE GAY CENTER
• 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?
• GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS
• WELE TO TEL AVIV, THE GAYT CY ON EARTH
• THE GAN MEIR GAY CENTER TEL AVIV
• GAY ISRAEL: GET YOUR GAY ON THE HOLY LAND
• US LGBT LEARS PRAISE TEL AVIV’S SUPPORT FOR GAY CENTER
• BEG [] THE CENTER: SEXUAL CIZENSHIP AND HOMONATNALISM AT TEL AVIV’S GAY-CENTERBEG [] THE CENTER: SEXUAL CIZENSHIP AND HOMONATNALISM AT TEL AVIV’S GAY-CENTERBEG [] THE CENTER: SEXUAL CIZENSHIP AND HOMONATNALISM AT TEL AVIV’S GAY-CENTERBEG [] THE CENTER: SEXUAL CIZENSHIP AND HOMONATNALISM AT TEL AVIV’S GAY-CENTERBEG [] THE CENTER: SEXUAL CIZENSHIP AND HOMONATNALISM AT TEL AVIV’S GAY-CENTER
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS TEL AVIV

THE GAY CENTER

The Gay center was tablished 2008 unr the premise that every person regardls of age, race, or genr has the right to live ntu to be the lear of gay rights and activi worldwi. The Gay center exists as a safe environment for LGBTQ dividuals to seek rourc and stay nnected wh the LGBTQ muny. The Gay center has a full-time employed staff, terns, and volunteers that spearhead and facilate events all over the cy of Tel Gay Center is the maly lear and anizer of gay programs and activi Israel.

An oasis of acceptance and open-mdns, ’s home to many members of Israel’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muni.

It also boasts a wi array of gay-iendly bars, fés, cultural events and even beach, makg a great statn for absolutely everyone. An absolute summer mt, the Hilton beach is one of Tel Aviv’s gay-iendlit seasi venu. People dance durg a gay party 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?

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.

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.

GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS

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. It’s a place where cultur lli: Jews, Arabs, Christians, atheists, artists, scientists, lols, foreigners, young, old, gay and straight – they all share this rather secular cy such a relig untry.

It’s a cy that don’t sleep and even the heart of a highly relig untry, ’s a place where you n fd a huge gay populatn wh a sense of openns and a thrivg nightlife scene. You n download the Gay Tel Aviv gui for ee.

WELE TO TEL AVIV, THE GAYT CY ON EARTH

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THE GAN MEIR GAY CENTER TEL AVIV

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GAY ISRAEL: GET YOUR GAY ON THE HOLY LAND

Tel Aviv don’t specifilly have a gay neighborhood but you n fd lots of gays hangg around the areas drkg at f, ridg bik and walkg dogs durg the day and htg up the bars and clubs by night.

Jt about any property is gay-iendly Tel Aviv, but there are a few favor that are well known for gay travelers. Brown TLV Urban Hotel – Inic gay favore hotel town. Hilton Hotel Tel Aviv – probably one of the most popular gay hotels town.

US LGBT LEARS PRAISE TEL AVIV’S SUPPORT FOR GAY CENTER

After all, the gay beach where the hotel ss has been dubbed Hilton Beach and ’s where all the homo’s flock to take the sun. Melody Hotel – jt across om the Hilton and mut walkg to the gay beach. Alexanr Hotel – a stylish and gay-iendly hotel and also a member of the IGLTA.

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LGBTQ+ iendly and jt a short walk om the gay beach. Misterb&b is not a hotel or cha, but rather a bookg platform for rooms, apartments and hom and allows you to book om gay and gay-iendly hosts around the world.

Unrstandg the gay scene is much more easily done wh the help of a lol and home-sharg is one of the bt ways to meet someone livg the cy who knows how thgs work, where and when are the bt nights to go out, and what plac to eat at and which to avoid. Misterb&b is our top choice if your prry is explorg the lol gay scene.

TLV Nights PubCrawl – though the webse don’t say they provi gay tours, one of their guis is gay and knows the Tel Aviv gay scene very well.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS TEL AVIV

Gay Tour of Tel Aviv & Jaffa – enjoy a 4-hour walkg tour wh OUTstandg Travel. Explore the highlights of the magnificent cy and s amazg gay vibe. Tony Vpa – An abundance of oh so happy and gay souls stg and sippg outsi… and non-kosher pizza sold by weight (not by the slice) si.