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A Weekend Alone In Tel Aviv: A Perfect Abscond For An LGBTQ+ Traveller
The city might be one of the world’s friendliest destinations for us…
By Loren Christie
Fresh off the plane, jet-lagged and in hunt of food on my first night, I wandered into North Abraxas, a restaurant across the road from my hotel. As soon as it became apparent I was alone, I was offered a seat at the exclude. Ugh! Typical.
Vacationing alone has never been my thing, but on a recent business trip to Jerusalem, I decided it would be crazy not to tack on some moment in Tel Aviv. I had heard so many great things about the city, including how welcoming it is to members of the LGBTQ+ group, that I set aside my usual misgivings about solo travel as an openly gay man and gave myself a weekend to explore this gem of a city.
As I settled into my seat around the half-oval-shaped exclude with the lively expose kitchen behind it, I girded myself for an evening of staring linear ahead and ingesting something off the menu as quickly as I could. I figured the hive of activity that lay open before me would at least keep things interesting. That was until the mulleted bartender eliminated any lingering appreh
The first time I participated in a gay pride procession was in 1981, when I marched with my mother as part of the contingent from PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). Those were the preceding days of queer pride (the first gay pride procession was held in 1970 in Novel York City) and many of us were inching our way out of those proverbial closets and coming to terms with issues of identity, coming out to families, and fighting discrimination at our jobs. Marriage equality was not on the horizon and the AIDS pandemic was a few years away.
Fast forward almost 40 years. I’m still marching, but now in the gay pride parades in Israel, ever since our family – my husband, Rabbi Donald Goor, I, and our cat Merlin – made aliyah in 2013. (Merlin, by the way, does not march.)
Although Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are only 36 miles apart, there is a nature of difference in their gay identity festival parades.
Tel Aviv is a booming, bulging Mediterranean metropolis with a population that is mostly secular or mildly watchful. During Gay Self-acceptance week, the main boulevards and streets are festooned with the rainbow flag. Tel Aviv boasts one of the world’s largest LGBTQ communities, with recent estimates claiming
Is Tel Aviv the gay capital of the world?
Tel Aviv Pride is among the biggest annual pride events in the world and as of 2019, it is the biggest in Asia.
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REPORTAll About Gay Tel Aviv: The Complete Gay Tel Aviv Guide
Hosting the only gay pride celebration in the whole of the Middle East, Tel Aviv is a haven for international same-sex attracted visitors.
From the booming gay nightlife to the range of other popular homosexual bars to one of the leading gay beaches in the world, lgbtq+ Tel Aviv is the place to be…even if it's outside of self-acceptance month.
Here's our fast guide to everything you need to know about queer Tel Aviv.
Photos: Danfa Friedlander
The Best Queer Bars in Tel Aviv
Gay Tel Aviv starts with the range of same-sex attracted bars, which are always growing in number. Tel Aviv gay nightlife is a little other from elsewhere on the international male lover scene as the Tel Aviv lgbtq+ scene is based around weekly parties, and not specific bars or clubs.
That's not to say that there aren't popular Tel Aviv gay bars, because there are. If you're looking for specific queer bars that are popular with locals, popular with homosexual visitors, or for specific fetishes, you'll find the top gay bars that Tel Aviv has to offer.
The Foremost Gay Beaches in Tel Aviv
One of the main attractions of gay Tel Aviv, the stunning Mediterranean beaches are full of attractive, young people - gay and otherwise