Tel Aviv Pride draws biggest-ever crowds
The biggest-ever Tel Aviv Pride Festival took place over the last week, drawing more than 180,000 people from Israel and abroad. The parade, held under the theme “Tel Aviv Loves All Genders,” marked the city’s commitment to the transgender community.
Guest of honour, last year’s Eurovision winner, Conchita Wurst, performed her hit Rise Like a Phoenix on stage in front of tens of thousands.
“To the proud people of Tel Aviv, I am happy to stand before you and open this city’s seventeenth Gay Pride Parade. We have been through a lot in the past seventeen years. We reached a different reality together in Tel Aviv and also throughout Israel. I want to say to all politicians that we have a lot of legislation to pass in order to promote and receive the LGBT community in Israel as a whole,” said Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Ron Huldai.
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