Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv
Photo: George Ginsberg
Gov't to help fund Tel Aviv Pride Week
Culture Ministry donates to week-long celebration honoring victims of gay youth center attack
For the first time since the Tel Aviv Pride Parade made its debut in 1998, the government will participate in its funding, Ynet has learned. The Science, Culture, and Sport Ministry will also fund a new 'Pride Village' located in the city center.
This year, thanks to the funding, the Pride Parade will be merely a part of a week-long series of events, most of which will take place in the new village located at the gay center in Meir Park. Organizers are set to release the details in two weeks.
Also this year, events will take place under the title of 'Love thy neighbor,' in commemoration of Liz Trubeshi and Nir Katz, two young adults who were murdered at a gay community center a year ago.
The budget for this year's parade has been set at a $130,000 (most of it from sponsors), while the events to take place at the village are expected to cost around $26,000, half of which will be provided by the ministry.
Pride Week is scheduled to begin on Friday, June 4, with a drag-cabaret act entitled 'Holy Wigs.' On Saturday the gay center will host an exhibit entitled 'The Proud Gallery,' a retrospective on artist Ziv Tidhar and his pieces.
Also in the works are a number of screenings of gay religious films, puppet shows, drag performances, and street theater, as well as artist workshops in which the audience will be encouraged to use graffiti to express themselves. The parade is scheduled to take place on the final Saturday, at 2 pm.
