Smell Aviv Faggotry

[Binyamin Yisrael]

Christopher Muther wrote in the Boston Globe Friday that Tel Aviv is the gayest city on earth. “Tel Aviv is, for lack of a better description, super gay,” he told his readers, adding, “The long-standing rule of thumb is that 10 percent of the population is gay, give or take. The estimate by officials in Tel Aviv is 25 percent of its population is gay.”

Back in February, gay Iranian poet Payam Feili who fled his homeland after harassment and arrest has requested asylum in Israel. Since he had arrived on a tourist visa, he would not have normally been a candidate for permanent residency, but Israeli authorities have granted his request, because Iran has executed an estimated 4,000 homosexuals since 1979. In fact, for a country governed for almost a decade by rightwing parties, Israel is exceptionally accepting of gays.
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Back in 1963, Israel nullified its sodomy laws, and in 1988 legalized same-sex sexual relations. In 1992 the Knesset passed legislation against employment discrimination of gays, in 1993 openly gay Israelis were included in the draft, and, also in 1993, the first “gay pride” parade took place — in Tel Aviv.
From its inception in 1909 on the sands north of the ancient city of Jaffa, Tel Aviv has always had a reputation as Israel’s center of the arts, complete with sprawling sidewalk cafés, teeming boulevards and beautiful people. In Israel’s tough exterior “Sabra” society it was always the soft, and cherished exception. But when did it become not just gay, but the gayest of gay cities?

“Perhaps hedonism is a good place to start in describing my experiences,” Muther wrote. “It was an ordinary Wednesday night, yet the weekend had unofficially begun. At a gay dance party … the crowd didn’t arrive until 1 AM, and the evening wasn’t in full swing until about 2 AM. There was no apparent reason for the thump-a-thump-a-thump of the midweek electronic music except that it’s fun to stay out very late.”

“It’s like this all the time,” he quoted Guy Leitersdorf, who developed an app that tracks the club scene.

Back in 2012, Tel Aviv was named the world’s number one gay city by an American Airlines and GayCities.com survey of gay travelers. Tel Aviv got 43% of the votes, beating out runner-up New York City with a measly 14%, and Toronto with 7%. GayCities described Tel Aviv as “the gay capital of the Middle East is exotic with a Mediterranean c’est la vie attitude.” San Francisco, supposedly the gay capital of the US, didn’t even rate a mention.

It’s no wonder gay Iranian poets flock to Tel Aviv.

[Binyamin Yisrael]

I wonder if the homosexuals are the reason there are now direct flights between San Francisco and Israel.

I advise people to avoid direct flights from San Francisco this time of year. They're probably all fagged up.

People think Ben-Gurion Airport is in Tel Aviv and that doesn't help when people search and the airport says Tel Aviv for the destination and fags go to Israel just for Tel Aviv. It's stupid when you see adds just for Tel Aviv with the beach. It's the airport for the whole country, not just Tel Aviv. At least I've seen commericials on TV in the US for "Jerusalem-Tel Aviv". I guess people are too stupid to say they're going to Israel and want to say only a city.

You can go a whole Israel trip without stepping foot in the City of Tel Aviv outside of Israel Railways property. You can also go to the mall directly from the station without having to wander the wild streets there. I get off at Tel Aviv HaShalom and go to the kosher Burger King. Now with the direct train to Jerusalem, it's an easy stop. My grandmother lives in Haifa so Tel Aviv is a switching point for trains, or as I call it the armpit of the nation like people make jokes about  New Jersey.

Even buses to Jerusalem from Haifa don't go thorugh Tel Aviv but rather the toll road Route 6. So it's common to only see Tel Aviv from the train or train station if you want to not visit Tel Aviv on an Israel trip.