TA Gay Pride set to paint town all kinds of colors
Tel Aviv Gay Pride has become well-known around the world over the past few years for the successful events held in the city and this year organizers are trying to spread the pride around the country with a week of events at the beginning of June under the banner "Pride Flags Countrywide."
Though the central events will all take place in Tel Aviv, everyone in the country should be able to walk the streets with pride, the Tel Aviv mayor's advisor on Gay Community Affairs explained Wednesday at a colorful press conference.
"The message that we chose this year actually casts spotlight outside the city, on the periphery and the periphery's connection with Tel Aviv-Jaffa as Israel's secular and gay capital," Yaniv Weizman, who is also a member of the City Council, told reporters in Tel Aviv. "Most of the gays, lesbians and transgenders who currently live in Tel Aviv were not born in the city and have strengthened our pride by coming from all over the country."
The main event, The Gay Pride March, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 8, with a community happening at Meir Park with musical performances, celebrity appearances and speeches by public figures such as Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai and Meretz MK Nitzan Horowitz.
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