Gay community in ashkelon, israel

And unlike in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon has little in terms of an organized LGBTQ community. So this summer Kaysari, a continuing education teacher, decided to hold a gay pride event — the city's first.

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Around people participated on Thursday in the first ever Gay Pride Parade in Ashkelon. The event took place despite fact that the municipality did not support or provide funds for it.

JTA — For more than 30 years, I have stood on the frontlines and been an outspoken leader for LGBT people and families. I have been called every name in the book, my life has been threatened because of my being gay, the police insisted on installing a panic button in my house because of these threats. As I was getting off the escalator to attend a reception hosted by A Wider Bridge, which featured members of Jerusalem Open House, a gay rights group from Israel, and excited about celebrating my pride as a Jew, I saw a throng of angry protesters disrupting the event.

And unlike in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon has little in terms of an organized LGBTQ community. So this summer Kaysari, a continuing education teacher, decided to hold a gay pride event — the city's first.

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Around people participated on Thursday in the first ever Gay Pride Parade in Ashkelon. The event took place despite fact that the municipality did not support or provide funds for it.

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research volume 11 , Article number: 26 Cite this article. Metrics details. Gay men use recreational drugs more often than heterosexuals—especially at social events.