Is Tel Aviv the gay pal of the world? - Israel Culture - The Jesalem Post

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• 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?
• IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?
• GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS
• THE GAY CENTER
• FOLLOWG TODAY’S PRI PARA, GAYS NOW MAJORY 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?

Although recent years there has been a growg regnn of gay and lbian rights the public and legal arenas Israel, the LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenred) muny still fac var forms of discrimatn by ernment thori and the private sector. 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.

IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?

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. 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.

GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS

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.

THE GAY CENTER

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.

“The majory of the gay muny Israel is feelg very unsafe, ” said Hila Peer, the chairwoman of Aguda-The Associatn for LGBTQ Equaly Israel. Netanyahu and others his aln say they are mted to protectg gay rights, but the volatile polil suatn means the future is hard to predict.

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

Israel is known as a gay haven the Middle East, and Tel Aviv is equently ced as one of the most gay-iendly ci the world, wh a Pri para that draws hundreds of thoands of revelers om Israel and abroad. A rarely enforced ban on homosexual relatns was taken off the books 1988, and the army began allowg openly gay service members 1993 — the same year the U. Dpe the legal protectns, LGBTQ Israelis have long faced opposn om wh the haredi Orthodox sector, where rabbis veigh agast homosexualy and policians have vowed to n the untry acrdg to Orthodox terpretatns of Jewish law.

The Relig Znist Party, one of three the Relig Znist Bloc, is led by Bezalel Smotrich, who has lled himself a “proud homophobe” and has envisned Israel as a theocracy. He lled the ia of lettg medil provirs ny re to LGBTQ patients “unacceptable” and has appoted a close ally who is gay, Amir Ohana, as Knset speaker.