The Pride Parade in Haifa takes place for the 14th time: "The road to equality is still long" - Walla! news

2021-06-22T05:45:55.247Z

Thousands participate in the parade that passed from the main axis in Moriah to the main stage in the mother garden. Pride flags were hoisted over the town hall, many benches and the lifeguard booth on the student beach that had long since become the “Pride Beach” were painted in the colors of Pride. Mayor: "We will continue to work for equality and appropriate treatment"

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The Pride Parade in Haifa takes place for the 14th time: "The road to equality is still long"

Thousands participate in the parade that passed from the main axis in Moriah to the main stage in the mother garden.

Pride flags were hoisted over the town hall, many benches and the lifeguard booth on the student beach that had long since become the “Pride Beach” were painted in the colors of Pride.

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"The parade of pride and patience - we are all intertwined, intertwined."

The Pride Parade in Haifa.

Today (Photo: Official website, Reuven Cohen, Haifa Municipality spokeswoman)

Thousands participate in the parade.

Haifa.

Today (Photo: Official website, Reuven Cohen, Haifa Municipality spokeswoman)

Following the Pride events, many traffic lanes were blocked for vehicular traffic starting at 9:30 p.m.

The blockade took place on the following arteries: Sderot Moriah from Sefer Square to the corner of Tzafririm and nearby streets, Sderot Moriah from the center of Carmel towards Tzafririm, Shimshon, Yotam, Derech Hayam, Scopus, Sderot Hanasi in the section between Wolfson and the woods and all nearby streets.

With the arrival of the parade in Gan Ham, the axis of Sderot Hanasi between Hahorasha Street and Sha'ar HaLevanon Street will remain blocked.

The roads will be opened to vehicular traffic gradually as the marchers progress.

The Pride event comes against the background of Haifa's upgrade to be the fourth largest city in the country in relation to the LGBT community - according to the Pride Index in the local authorities of the LGBT Association.

The index, published at the beginning of Pride Month, comprehensively examined the relationship of cities and local authorities across the country to the community, and how they supported and promoted its needs in the urban space over the past year. This year, 47 cities and local authorities were measured that promote LGBT work and are accompanied by the association based on dozens of questions in five different categories: welfare, education, infrastructure, public visibility and culture. The project aims to promote a safe space for LGBT people everywhere in Israel.

The Haifa municipality rose by three places compared to last year's ranking. The city ranks first in the areas of welfare and visibility, and also operates the city's Proud Community Center - the community house that provides leisure services, proud culture, community development, exercising rights, support and care and empowerment programs for the proud public and their families in the city. In addition, during the Corona, the municipality operated a dedicated support system for community members, allocating dedicated food distribution budgets for companies and community members in the city.

"We will continue to work to ensure that every man and woman in the gay community and in all communities receives equal equality and treatment."

Klish Rotem (Photo: Official website, Reuven Cohen, Haifa Municipality spokeswoman)

Transport Minister Merav Michaeli with Mayor Einat Klish Rotem at the Pride Parade.

Haifa.

Today (Photo: Official website, Reuven Cohen, Haifa Municipality spokeswoman)

"We are proud of Haifa's rise in the pride index, but the road to full equality is still long and challenging," Mayor Einat Kalish Rotem said on Tuesday. "We will continue to work to ensure that every man and woman in the gay community in general - and in all communities, receives equal equality and treatment."

She said this at a reception held at the municipality on the occasion of the publication of the "Proud Index", in which she hosted representatives of the proud community, including the director of the Association for the LGBT, Ran Shelby, the association's vice president, Roni Oster and the director of the Arnon Alush community center.

Alush, who thanked the many volunteers working as part of the project, said that "Haifa is an example of how community members can be integrated."

Among other things, he said that eight groups of the proud youth organization "Iggy" currently operate in Haifa with the full support of the municipality.

He also noted that the Haifa Municipality conducts training for education staff on the subject of LGBT youth, and even employs a LGBT person in the educational psychological service and a social worker who is responsible for the LGBT issue in the welfare services and conducts training on LGBT issues for welfare staff.

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