Israel is the Gayest Place Ever

[eumelia]

Yeah, not so much.

Remember, a few weeks ago, I wrote about the foreign ministry's attempt at recruiting the Gay LGBT community to improve Israel's image (while slandering Iran's).

I just read a very, very disturbing article on Ynet and seriously, Israel is the best place for Gays in the Middle East?!

2 men attacked while kissing on Tel Aviv street

Dangerous liaisons: Two men who were seen kissing on a central Tel Aviv street were the near-victims of an assault by several local youths, who took aversion to the public display of affection.

Nadav, 29, recounted the terrifying end to his Tuesday night date: "We were kissing and then a car sped by and the passengers began yelling 'homos! We'll kill you!' We ignored it at first, it was – after all – only a yell, but then the car stopped.

"Two men stepped out, opened up the trunk and pulled out iron maces. We understood what was going to happen and ran into the stairwell of a nearby building. They chased us, but stopped at the door to the stairwell.

Peace, Tolerance and Bullshit.
This is obviously an aberration in behaviour. Of course those Youths (as they're called) are normative and don't really hate anyone.
Anyone who doesn't fit their parameters of human beings of course.

The past weekend, the Eilat (Southern tip of Israel, bordering on the Sinai, Jordan and the Red Sea) Annual Pride Parade was also not without homophobic events.

Eilat Pride Parade met with violence

Marcher attacked by youths while store on parade route puts up sign reading: 'No gays allowed'

Protestors of the march also threw eggs at the participants, and one minimarket located on the parade's route hung a sign on its door saying, "No gays allowed". Police forced the owners to take the sign down after the Gay and Lesbian Union complained.

Israel's southernmost city has played host to the parade, which includes people from all over the world, since 2002.
[...]
The Gay and Lesbian Union's representative in Eilat, Itzik Tzror, was also appalled. "I didn't think that in 2009 we'd still be seeing hate signs on stores".

Yesterday I read this nifty little article:

A Tel Aviv city map that was distributed throughout Europe in recent weeks in a bid to promote gay tourism to the city contains lewd adverts for sex shops and sauna bars.

The map was jointly commissioned by the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association, the Tel Aviv Municipality and the municipal center for the gay community.
The map, which is written mostly in English, advertises 50 businesses that cater to the gay community, including gay-oriented nightclubs, Israeli travel agencies that specialize in "gay tourism", pubs and restaurants.

At least four of the businesses are part of the sex industry.
[...]
The leaflet's front cover features a photo taken during the local Gay Pride Parade, while the back cover shows four men playing on the beach. Photos of lesbian women are nowhere to be found in the publication.

The Tel Aviv Municipality said in response: "To the best of our knowledge these businesses are not illegal, and therefore should not be prevent from advertising."

Emphasis by me and let me put one thing straight (hehe), I do not oppose the sex industry as an industry or with it being advertised... I have a problem with the following:
Gays as fetish?
Check!
Resuming the Levant's status as sex tourism hot spot?
Check!
Eradication of women and femininity?
Check!
And
Queer women are not part of the LGBT experience, no worries!
Check!

Oh, and I almost forgot to add; Jews are feminized (because sex workers are passive/feminized).

So much wrong in one campaign.
So much.