ISRAEL: AT LEAST 10,000 ISRAELIS GATHER IN TEL AVIV TO TAKE PART IN 7TH ANNUAL GAY PRIDE PARADE

Record ID: 400940

  • Title: ISRAEL: AT LEAST 10,000 ISRAELIS GATHER IN TEL AVIV TO TAKE PART IN 7TH ANNUAL GAY PRIDE PARADE
  • Date: 25th June 2004
  • Summary: (EU) TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (JUNE 25,2004) (REUTERS) 1. SEVENTH ANNUAL GAY AND LESBIAN PRIDE PARADE WHICH AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED; RAINBOW-COLOURED FLOAT WITH PEOPLE DANCING 0.03 2. CROWD CHEERING AND DANCING; PAN UP TO DRAG QUEENS DANCING ON FLOAT 0.13 3. PAN: FLOAT AND CROWD MARCHING 0.25 4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WEARI
  • Embargoed: 10th July 2004 13:00
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  • Location: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA3E8PJT9R60DK0FFEIAIE4F1RW
  • Story Text: At least 100,000 Israelis gather to take part in the
    7th annual pride parade

    At least 100,000 Israelis brought the coastal city
    of Tel Aviv to life in a blaze of colour on Friday (June
    25) as they celebrated the town's seventh annual gay pride
    parade.

    Gay couples kissed as dancers, wearing everything from
    bikinis to fury boots, gyrated on decorated floats.

    Some onlookers cheered on participants from their
    balconies while others brought their families to watch the
    spectacle.

    Marchers started off from Rabin Square, where former
    Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was slain in 1995, with
    festivities concluding at a nearby park.

    About 1,000 police officers, soldiers, and volunteers
    provided security for the parade.

    "I am here to see the party, to see people celebrate,
    happy people. And it's very good that in Israel, today,
    people can freely exhibit their sexuality, and party" said
    Shahar Inbar, one of the participants.

    Israel, home to a majority of secular Jews, is the only
    country in the Middle East which holds such parades. Israel
    is also the only country in the region that has legalised
    gay sex, fuelling anger among its minority Ultra-Orthodox
    community.

    Reforms for legitimising the lesbian and gay movement
    in Israel started in the 1990s, with the establishment of
    new laws and the ending of discriminatory rules in the
    military in 1993. Most recently, in 2000, the age of
    consent was lowered to 16.



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