Men and women, dressed in colorful outfits, sometimes eccentric, participated in this march in oppressive heat, dancing in carriages on the avenues of Tel Aviv, an Israeli city considered an exceptional oasis of tolerance in the region, journalists noted. of the AFP.
“It’s supposedly a fight for LGBT rights but this seems more like a party, so I take advantage of the party,” Liat Shana, 29, in a green wig, told AFP.
Tel Aviv, where the first such demonstration was held in 1998, “has always been and always will be a welcoming abode for all trans, lesbian, gay, queer and non-binary people. Here you will always be welcomeMayor Ron Huldai said in a statement.
Israel It is recognized as a progressive country in terms of visibility and equality for the LGBT community. However the equality marriage, without being illegal, it is impossible to carry it out since there is no institution authorized to celebrate it. But the union between people of the same sex is recognized if it has been contracted abroad.
However, part of the LGTB community accuses Israel of instrumentalizing their cause, denouncing a work of “pinkwashing” -derivation of the English word “whitewashing”, whitewashing- that would consist of disguising the realities of the country under a progressive image, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On Thursday, June 2, thousands of people participated in the 20th edition of the Pride parade in Jerusalem, under heavy police surveillance due to threats against the organizers.
In 2015, the march tragically ended with the death of a teenage girl, stabbed to death by an ultra-Orthodox Jew.
Source: Ambito
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