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2026-07-12 09:14 UTC
🧵 At the #Pride parade in #Carlow #Ireland today. It had me thinking about a recent article on the #Prideparade in #TelAvi and how it was canceled since the illegal invasion of #Gaza. It's worth noting that a considerable amount of members of the #LGBTO community there are fully aware of the image that is often portrayed about the Israeli regime being a liberal democracy that is pro #LGBTO but in a lot of cases, this is not true. #Pride2026 #Israel #LFBTQIA #FarRight
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/its-not-over-yet-tel-aviv-celebrates-pride-war-back-mind
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@TheComfortableSpotPodcast@mastodon.social 2026-07-12 09:16
Israel is seen as progressive but participants highlighted that the LGBTQ community still faces unresolved challenges in securing full rights. Tal Salin Aicha, a 31-year-old tattoo artist, shared, “I don’t believe the LGBTQ community here enjoys all the freedoms people assume we have in Israel—we can’t even get married.” Aicha added, “There’s still so much to fight for. Many young people are suffering, with slurs like ‘homo’ used as insults, and they’re targeted just for being themselves. 2)