For the first time ever, Tel Aviv did not take first place overall as Israel's most gay-iendly cy and stead dropped down to number five.
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LGBTQ . REVEALS ISRAEL'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI PRI MONTH POLL
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(JTA) — The mister holdg the untry’s purse strgs lls himself a “proud homophobe.” Another mister says Pri paras are “vulgar,” while a puty mister who wants to ncel them was jt given power over some aspects of what schoolchildren are tght. “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.S. Armed forc adopted a policy permtg gay service members only if they remaed closeted.
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Much of Israel’s L.G.B.T.Q. muny feels threatened by the right-wg ernment and s judicial overhl plan — even wh a gay speaker of Parliament. * israel gay pride 2023 *
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?