Pride events 2023 kick off with the biggest Pride weekend ever

The Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa celebrates 25 years of the first Pride Parade with a wide variety of events, conferences and performances culminating in two huge events – the Pride Parade which returns to the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Promenade and will be held on Thursday, June 8th, and the main Pride Party that will be held on Friday, the 9th In June in Yehoshua Gardens Park with the participation of the leading female artists and artists in Israel and hundreds of thousands of participants from around the country and the world.

The municipality announced that this year we will hold the biggest pride weekend ever – the pride parade will begin on Thursday afternoon on Shlag Street, near the Tel Aviv Jaffa Promenade, and will continue to Daniel Street, and will be accompanied by 9 trucks of the leading lines in the city and the organizations of the gay community.

The next day, at noon on Friday, the main pride party will take place in Yehoshua Gardens Park. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the parade, Israel's leading artists, dancers, DJs and many other surprises will appear on the biggest stage ever.

The pride parade on the Tel Aviv Jaffa Promenade will take place on June 8, from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The main pride party in Yehoshua Gardens Park will be held the next day, June 9, between the hours of 18:30 and 12:00. On these dates, changes will be made to traffic arrangements and roads will be blocked (full information will be published later). Also, public transportation will increase significantly.

In preparation for the main events, a wide variety of events open to the general public will be held in the coming weeks. Among other things, there will be a gay theater festival, a support rally for gay youth with the participation of Harel Sekat, Ben Zini and Dalit Rochester, a gay wedding event, a conscripts conference, an art festival, family happenings and more.

The pride events in Tel Aviv-Yafo are a long-standing tradition that began in 1998 and since then, every year hundreds of thousands of residents and members of the LGBTQ community march alongside tens of thousands of tourists from around the world. The pride events convey messages of equality and acceptance, and Tel Aviv-Yafo – the city which is a warm home for all the communities that live in it, and is proud to be a pioneering city in relation to the LGBT community and a global source of inspiration – celebrate and march this year as well, and more than ever, for the continuation of the fight for full equality for every citizen.

The Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Ron Huldai: "I am happy to note again this year the events of the month of pride, first of all the pride parade, which is celebrating its 25th year this year. At this time, when democracy in Israel is in a crisis, and we are witnessing the steps that strive under the foundations of Megillat The independence and questioning our common existence, the LGBT protest, whose expression was born from the pride march, is dozens of times important.

"I hear from all sides the sincere and genuine concerns of the members and members of the community about the denial of the rights that have been achieved with great effort over the years and about the halting of the promotion of the many rights that still have to be fought in order to achieve them. We in Tel Aviv-Yafo will continue to be the beacon for the democratic values that underlie our existence, in which the continuation of the struggle for full equality of every citizen."

Mittal Lahbi, deputy mayor and holder of the gay community file: "This year we listened to the heart murmurs of the gay community and returned the parade to the beach strip and it will take place in the afternoon during the hours when the sun is less intense. Precisely at this time, when the community is under attack that threatens to harm it, and especially in light of the incidents of violence directed To her friends, it was more important than ever for us to show our support.

"Tel Aviv Jaffa is wearing pride flags ahead of the parade that will take place in the heart of the city as a clear message here in Israel and to the whole world that Tel Aviv Jaffa not only strengthens and embraces the community but is proud of it. This year it is more important than ever to participate in the parade as an act of support for the right to love whom each and every one of us chooses, And stand together at the forefront of the fight for full equality."

Robi Magen, director of the Gay Center of the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo: "The Gay Center of the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo works throughout the year to improve the status of the gay community in Israel. In the last six months, we faced a significant increase in requests from members of the community for help, and this in light of Dealing with hate crimes and LGBT phobia, which are on the rise. In Pride 2023, we will spread the light through events open to all and sundry, with the main one being the great Pride weekend that will be held on the promenade and the Yehoshua Gardens. Join us to be partners and learn about our long-standing struggle for a free, liberal state that accepts the Everyone".

The list of events – Pride Month 2023

The world belongs to adults. And – a pride party for the third age

The annual event for members of the gay community in their third year. As part of it, the legacy of the graduates of the gay community will be celebrated with music, food, drinks and an artistic performance.

May 21 at 18:00 – 22:00 | Lila Bar, 31 Yavne St

Havna Day – a support rally for the gay youth

Following the harsh calls recently heard against education for tolerance towards LGBT people in the education system, and in view of the rise of bills that harm LGBT youth, on the International Day Against LGBT Phobia there will be a large and central support rally for the gay youth in the Hama Square, during which speeches will be made by representatives of the youth and organizations and movements The youth and artists such as Harel Sakat, Ben Zini, Dalit Rochester, etc. will appear. The rally, directed by Nadir Eliyahu and Omar Nodelman, is the main youth event on behalf of the municipality during the month of pride and is produced in cooperation with the department for youth and young people, Iggy and Hoshen.
May 23 at 19:00 – 20:30 Culture Square (the stage)

Gaot wedding event

About 15 couples from the gay community will get married in one large and central event in which a registration station will be set up on behalf of the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo where they can register as a couple in the municipal system. The event will include a reception, the launch of the pride events, a wedding ceremony and a dance party.
May 25 at: 12:00 – 16:00 | 7 Maza Street

Eclectic Qvir Gava – a festival of art, culture and live performances

The main art event – an art, fashion and culture festival in which an art and second-hand market will be established with an avenue of artists and artisans from the gay community, who will present handiwork such as framed prints, embroideries, jewelry, care and beauty products, boutique clothing, calendars, pride products and more.
The event will include an art space where artworks related to the world of the gay community and the issues at the forefront of Maaina will be displayed. Also, as part of the festival, there will be live performances and there will be different mediums of performance – live performances, drag, spoken word, interactive performance, singing, dance and more.
May 16 – 27, throughout the day 7 Maza Street

The Gila Parliament – an event for women in the transgender community

The late Gila Goldstein was one of the great symbols of the transgender community known to the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and the entire Israeli society. Goldstein founded and held "Parliament", in the framework of which transgender women met and designed an underground community life for themselves. During the evening there will be a discussion on the promotion and continued empowerment of the community transgender and strengthening her sense of security in the city. The event will take place at the "Streets" restaurant in King George, the iconic place where Gila used to hold parliament and sit for hours and days.
May 29 at 19:00 – 21:00 The Streets, 70 King George Street

LGBT recruits conference

A conference where girls and boys will be exposed to their rights as LGBT soldiers in the IDF. The conference will be attended by representatives of the IDF and serving LGBT soldiers, they will share their experiences as LGBT soldiers in the various units in the IDF.
May 29 at 18:00 – 20:00 Dizengoff Center, downstairs next to the Super Pharm

"Bashla's" pride party

The annual pride party of the organization "Bashla" – an organization that is managed and dedicated entirely to the adult women of the gay community (45+).
May 31 at 18:00 – 2:00 Sharona Park

Drama Queen Theater Festival

"Drama Queen 2023", a proud theater festival, which takes place for the second time. Artists from the entire LGBT spectrum participate in the festival, including actresses, directors, writers, content creators and performers.
June 2 – 8 | The stage theater

Among the festival events:

• "Quicky" – an evening of short and original LGBT plays, written and produced especially for the festival.
• Three staged readings of sharp plays – original and translated.
• Another collaboration evening of the "Triangle" theater with "Casting Mistake" – an evening of songs from musicals in queer performances
• Annual celebrations for the Triangle Theater
• The play "This Will Be Called a Woman" by the gay ensemble
• A variety of other events such as stand-up, drag shows, women's night and more.
• Running plays of the "Triangle" theater – "The One", "Daniel Baali" and "Look at this beauty".

Happening proud families

A festive picnic that is open to families from the multitude of shades of the gay community, and includes performances, sessions and facilities for girls and boys, music and a position to register an equal partnership in the municipality.
June 3 at 10:00 – 14:00 Gan Meir

Wigstock

A global drag tradition and a landmark in the fight for equal rights for the gay community in Israel. The event became a symbol of the gay community in Israel after, in 1998, police dispersed the participants of the event from Independence Square with rubber gloves on their hands, which they wore for fear of contracting the "gay disease" – HIV. This year we will mark the 25th anniversary of the event and it will be marked as a particularly festive pride festival in the Independence Garden.
June 6, at 19:00 – 23:00 | Independence Park

WAKE UP – TEL AVIV

The event that carved its flag to create strong female content in the pride events and put female creation and a call for gender equality at the forefront of the stage. This is the fourth year of holding one of the main events for women, with more than 2,500 women expected to come to the Independence Garden with the participation of first-rate singers and artists.
June 7, at 19:00 – 23:00 | Independence Park

For more information on all the events and partners of the month of pride, go to the link: https://bit.ly/3I4iIlQ