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Contents:
- IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?
- IS TEL AVIV REALLY THE GAYT CY ON THE PLA?
- ISRAEL IS THE GAYT UNTRY ON EARTH
- THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL
- ISRAEL'S GAY SCENE THRIV UNEXPECTED PLAC
- WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? THIS LIST WILL TELL YOU!
- TEL AVIV, ‘GAY CAPAL OF THE MIDDLE EAST,’ WEL RETURN OF PRI CELEBRATN JUNE 8TH-12TH
IS TEL AVIV THE GAY PAL OF THE WORLD?
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THE ANNUAL gay pri para Tel Aviv tak place, June. There is a very real possibily that Tel Aviv as a gay pal of the world will soon bee a thg of the past, says the wrer. Which cy is the gay pal of the world?
The vio showed a young man terviewg strangers on the street, askg them what they thought was the gay pal of the the handful of rponnts, almost half specifilly mentned Tel Aviv, wh one sayg "From what I unrstand, Tel Aviv has the biggt Gay Pri the world.
IS TEL AVIV REALLY THE GAYT CY ON THE PLA?
As Acceptance Grows, the LGBT Communy Begs to Shun the Undisputed Capal of Gay Israel Favor of Other Towns. * israel gay capital *
Tel Aviv, known for beg the most gay-iendly cy the Jewish state, me out on top Aguda's 2022 annual rankgs, released every June on the ocsn of Pri Month. (cred: AVSHALOM SASSONI/MAARIV)Other ci mentned the TikTok vio clud San Francis, California, Fort Lrdale, Florida, and New York Cy which is the first rult shown by Google when one search "gay pal of the world. Small-town honorable mentnLots of major ci Europe and North Ameri have thrivg gay muni today.
ISRAEL IS THE GAYT UNTRY ON EARTH
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Christopher Muther wrote the Boston Globe Friday that Tel Aviv is the gayt cy on earth.
“Tel Aviv is, for lack of a better scriptn, super gay, ” he told his rears, addg, “The long-standg le of thumb is that 10 percent of the populatn is gay, give or take. The timate by officials Tel Aviv is 25 percent of s populatn is gay.
Back Febary, gay Iranian poet Payam Feili who fled his homeland after harassment and arrt has requted asylum Israel. Sce he had arrived on a tourist visa, he would not have normally been a ndidate for permanent rincy, but Israeli thori have granted his requt, bee Iran has executed an timated 4, 000 homosexuals sce 1979.
THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL
In fact, for a untry erned for almost a by rightwg parti, Israel is exceptnally acceptg of gays. In 1992 the Knset passed legislatn agast employment discrimatn of gays, 1993 openly gay Israelis were clud the draft, and, also 1993, the first “gay pri” para took place — Tel Aviv.
ISRAEL'S GAY SCENE THRIV UNEXPECTED PLAC
But when did bee not jt gay, but the gayt of gay ci?
At a gay dance party … the crowd didn’t arrive until 1 AM, and the eveng wasn’t full swg until about 2 AM.
Back 2012, Tel Aviv was named the world’s number one gay cy by an Amerin Airl and survey of gay travelers. GayCi scribed Tel Aviv as “the gay pal of the Middle East is exotic wh a Mederranean c’t la vie attu. ” San Francis, supposedly the gay pal of the US, didn’t even rate a mentn.
WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? THIS LIST WILL TELL YOU!
It’s no wonr gay Iranian poets flock to Tel Aviv. (JTA) — The mister holdg the untry’s purse strgs lls himself a “proud homophobe.
“The majory of the gay muny Israel is feelg very unsafe, ” said Hila Peer, the chairwoman of Aguda-The Associatn for LGBTQ Equaly Israel.
“You have at least an tentn to legislate laws that are dire for the gay muny.
TEL AVIV, ‘GAY CAPAL OF THE MIDDLE EAST,’ WEL RETURN OF PRI CELEBRATN JUNE 8TH-12TH
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. 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. Armed forc adopted a policy permtg gay service members only if they remaed closeted. 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.