Tel Aviv Pride sees 140,000 participate, including Conchita Wurst

12 June 2015, 7:06 pm
Photo by Roni Schutzer/Israel Sun
Likud Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev with a marcher on his T-shirt “Proud/Gay in the Likud, you have a home”. (Photo by Roni Schutzer/Israel Sun)

The 17th Pride Parade held in Tel Aviv on Friday drew crowds of some 140,000 according to the Tel Aviv municipality.

 

Photo by Roni Schutzer/Israel Sun

The Pride Parade began in Tel Aviv’s Gan Meir with a fair, continue onto the streets of Tel Aviv and ended with a concert by drag queen Conchita Wurst, the Austrian singer who won the 2014 Eurovision.

This year’s parade focuses on promoting equal rights to members of the transgender community and accompanied with the slogan: Tel Aviv loves all genders.

 

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