According to the organizer, a quarter of a million people attended the pride parade in Tel Aviv on Friday 14 June. The Pride Parade in Tel Aviv is the largest in Asia and one of the largest in the entire world. In addition to all the locals, the parade also entices approx. 30,000 tourists each year, writes the newspaper Ha’aretz.
While conditions for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people are very difficult in most parts of the Middle East, Tel Aviv is considered to be one of the friendliest cities in the world for people in the LGBT community.
This year’s Ambassador for the Pride Parade in Tel Aviv was TV star Neil Patrick Harris, who most people know from the TV series “How I Met Your Mother”.