Israel Gay Pride Parade News Photos

Israel News Images Israel News Photos and Israel News Pictures of Gay pride or LGBT pride. Gay pride or LGBT pride refers to a world wide movement and philosophy asserting that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Gay pride advocates work for equal rights and benefits for LGBT people. The movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity, that sexual diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered.Marches celebrating Pride (pride parades) are celebrated worldwide. Symbols of LGBT pride include the rainbow flag, the Greek lambda symbol,and the pink as well as black triangles reclaimed from their past use. A gay pride parade or LGBT pride parade is part of a festival or ceremony held by the LGBT community of a city to commemorate the struggle for LGBT rights and pride.The LGBT community of a city will typically present an annual parade, sometimes in the context of a longer celebration including performances, dances, street parties, and the like. Most LGBT pride parades, take place in the middle of the year, particularly in June, to commemorate the Stonewall riots. Since the 1990\\\'s an annual gay pride parade takes place in Tel Aviv, Israel and sometimes also in Eilat. Regularly, Tel Aviv is the venue for the only yearly gay pride parade in the Middle East.Tel Aviv was first city in Israel to have a gay pride parade, which started in the street of Shenkin and expanded to large-scale events in the following years. In 2005, 100,000 people participated in the Tel Aviv gay pride parade.The Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance (JOH) is the focal point of gay pride events in Jerusalem and exists since 1997. Since 2002, it held small annual gay pride parades in Jerusalem (up to 10,000 people).In 2007 After weeks of protests, petitions and security preparations the Jerusalem gay pride parade went ahead under heavy guard as Jerusalem Police deployed over 7,000 officers to protect the 2,000 participants of the Gay Parade. Some 20 rioters were arrested after protesting against the parade. All photos by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye