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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. 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.

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 *

(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.

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.

ISRAEL IS THE GAYT UNTRY ON EARTH

Want to know the gay pal of the world for your next statn? We listed the bt ci to take the crown! * israel gay capital *

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. 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. 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.

THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL

” San Francis, supposedly the gay pal of the US, didn’t even rate a mentn.

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.

ISRAEL'S GAY SCENE THRIV UNEXPECTED PLAC

“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.

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.

WHAT IS THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD? THIS LIST WILL TELL YOU!

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. 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.

“A Sephardi or a tradnal Jew, do you thk he r about gays? “I’m a fascist homophobe, but I’m a man of my word, ” he said.

TEL AVIV, ‘GAY CAPAL OF THE MIDDLE EAST,’ WEL RETURN OF PRI CELEBRATN JUNE 8TH-12TH

“I won’t stone gays. LGBTQ Israelis are playg a ccial role the mountg anti-ernment protts, activatg a work that put some 100, 000 people the streets 2018 after Netanyahu voted agast a bill to allow gay upl to e surrogacy.

I thk we n all agree that homosexuals have been, and ntue to be, one of the most vulnerable groups any society. This is also nsired by most – pecially today’s youth – to be the fg civil rights issue of our time, so let’s take a look how both Israelis and Paltians treat the gay people their rpective societi.

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