Israel is the gayt untry on earth | Yoni Leviatan | The Blogs

Contents:

• GAY ISRAEL
• GAY ISRAEL TRAVEL GUI
• ISRAEL’S BT GAY & GAY-IENDLY BARS AND FéS
• ISRAEL IS THE GAYT UNTRY ON EARTH
• THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL

GAY ISRAEL

Avi maoz, head of noam factn relig znism, will brg wh him radil iology bent on blockg expansn of gay rights unr slogan ‘israel choos to be normal’.

Out Magaze donned Israel “the gay pal of the Middle East, ” and the untry’s first LGBTQ anizatn, Aguda, opened s doors back 1975. Israel is arguably the most gay-iendly untry on the Asian and Ain ntents, and LGBTQ rights Israel are much better than those found nearby natns.

GAY ISRAEL TRAVEL GUI

Even though relign – specifilly Judaism – remas a signifint soc-polil force an creasgly right-leang untry, gay and trans rights Israel are fely better than those found surroundg theocraci and mocraci.

ISRAEL’S BT GAY & GAY-IENDLY BARS AND FéS

Acrdg to the latt Gay Travel Inx by Spartac, Israel sred 7 terms of s overall LGBTQ rights, wh factors cludg antiscrimatn legislatn and non-hostile lols, puttg the untry ahead of other natns such as Atralia, South Ai, and Italy. Moreover, horrific episos, cludg a 2009 youth center massacre and a 2015 pri stabbg, have punctuated the problems that gay, lbian, and trans people still face Israel. Its good time smopolan vibe has long attracted gay men, and as a rult, today, Tel Aviv is regard as one of the top gay statns the world.

Instead, LGBTQ life revolv around weekly parti (Party L), and gay-iendly and gay-owned venu are sttered throughout the cy.

In most untri, the pal is ually thought to be the most LGBTQ-iendly cy, so the se of Israel, is Jesalem safe for gay and lbian travelers?

ISRAEL IS THE GAYT UNTRY ON EARTH

It is, and the experience is even more enjoyable when you stay at a gay-iendly hotel, vatn rental, or gut hoe – and that’s where misterb&b . So should e as no surprise that Israel’s pal of ol, Tel Aviv, where 25% of the populatn is timated to be LGBT, has gaed an ternatnal reputatn as one of the world’s top statns for gay men. If you haven’t yet add Tel Aviv to your travel erary, our Gay Tel Aviv for Begners gui will have you lookg at tickets no time!

Weerh ist die gay-ndliche Vio Bar zu empfehlen, die im ssischen Viertel liegt und drei Kneipen umfasst: Hatakl, „Die Platte“, e Ort für Liebhaber alternativer Klänge, HaKaseta, „Die Kassette“, ee hippe Stuntenbar und Raash-Hour, „Das Rad“, e Café m eigener Interradstatn. Israel swore s latt openly gay lawmaker on Monday, markg a rerd for the untry nsired a regnal pneer on LGBT rights spe opposn om relig nservativ. Yorai Lahav Hertzanu om the centrist Blue and Whe alliance beme the latt polician to jo the 120-seat Knset, brgg to six the number of openly gay lawmakers.

Five percent of Israeli lawmakers are now openly gay, the fourth-hight figure the world, acrdg to polil scientist Andrew Reynolds. Openly gay soldiers serve the ary, while Israel regnis same-sex marriag nducted abroad, and gay and lbian upl have surrogacy rights. While Tel Aviv’s Gay Pri para ually draws huge crowds om around the world, the equivalent march nservative Jesalem is held unr a heavy police prence.

THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL

They s alongsi Rafi Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi who last year endorsed ntroversial therapy to nvert gay people to heterosexualy. Rechtlich sd die vielen Teilen r heterosexuellen Ehe gleichgtellt, so k�nnen Homosexuelle se eem Urteil s Obersten Gerichts im Jahr 2006 Sterprivilegien geltend machen or das Recht r Adoptn Anspch nehmen.

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