Pride in Jerusalem!
According to Ynet News, police have given the Jerusalem Open House (the local LGBTQ community center) approval to hold this year’s pride parade!
The article continues:
The Jerusalem Open House received a letter from Israeli police Thursday, giving the community center preliminary permission to hold the annual gay pride parade in Jerusalem, this June.
The parade’s organizers submitted their request for the permits needed to hold the parade last March, but the controversial parade was fiercely apposed by the city’s Orthodox residents.
“Let there be no doubt – the police department is fully obligated by High Court ruling 7348/06″, said Jerusalem District Police Commander, Major-General Ilan Franco in the letter sent to the Open House.
The High Court ruling specified the district police must provide the permits and security necessary for the gay pride parade.
June 8 is Pride in Tel Aviv - and I’ll post the date soon for Pride in Jerusalem! All of you guys who are apathetic about pride in your community - get out and march this year or turn up to support marchers! There are MANY places around the globe where people don’t have the luxury of sitting at home while other people protect their human and civil rights.
BTW, there are some really nasty “talk backs” at the bottom of the article. It might be cool if you could put a word of support there too.
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