Comments on: Pride 2008 http://www.ptank.com/blog/2008/06/pride-2008/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pride-2008 cats, synthesizers, music, art, opinion Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:56:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Daisy the Curly Cat http://www.ptank.com/blog/2008/06/pride-2008/#comment-4507 Daisy the Curly Cat Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/catsynth/index.php?entry=entry080629-221609#comment-4507 What a happy and festive day! Congratulations to everyone who got married! What a happy and festive day! Congratulations to everyone who got married!

]]> By: Katz (And Other) Tales http://www.ptank.com/blog/2008/06/pride-2008/#comment-4508 Katz (And Other) Tales Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/catsynth/index.php?entry=entry080629-221609#comment-4508 How ironic that you're celebrating diversity of sex/gender while we're yet again rolling in the muck of homophobia (Anwar, one of Malaysia's leading politicos, has been accused of being gay - again) How ironic that you're celebrating diversity of sex/gender while we're yet again rolling in the muck of homophobia (Anwar, one of Malaysia's leading politicos, has been accused of being gay – again)

]]> By: horoscope http://www.ptank.com/blog/2008/06/pride-2008/#comment-4509 horoscope Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/catsynth/index.php?entry=entry080629-221609#comment-4509 Wow.. That is really a colorful rally. If I could be there at the time...! Wow.. That is really a colorful rally. If I could be there at the time…!

]]> By: DrMike http://www.ptank.com/blog/2008/06/pride-2008/#comment-4510 DrMike Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/catsynth/index.php?entry=entry080629-221609#comment-4510 As one of those in your picture of the SF Voice for Israel contingent, I can only say that maybe the crowds were "strangely quiet" only where you were-- we got a very nice enthusiastic reception from many who recognized that Israel is the only country in the Middle East to recognize LGBT rights. As one of those in your picture of the SF Voice for Israel contingent, I can only say that maybe the crowds were "strangely quiet" only where you were– we got a very nice enthusiastic reception from many who recognized that Israel is the only country in the Middle East to recognize LGBT rights.

]]> By: Crusty http://www.ptank.com/blog/2008/06/pride-2008/#comment-4511 Crusty Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/catsynth/index.php?entry=entry080629-221609#comment-4511 Glad to see someone acknowledging Israel's record on LGBT Rights : -Gays have full rights to serve in the military -Sodomy laws were struck down in 1988 -Full civil rights for LGBT people established in 1992 -Partner benefits for all governmental employees, including the national airline, El Al -Partner adoption rights -In 2007 the State agreed to recognize same gender marriages performed abroad, similar to its recognition of other civil marriages from other countries * Pride parades take place annually in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Eilat and Haifa. Attempts by Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious groups to stop the parades, mostly in Jerusalem have consistently been blocked by the Israeli Supreme Court. * The first transgendered person to win the Eurovision contest was Israeli Dana International in 1998 with her song, "Diva". Eurovision is watched by hundreds of millions of people through Europe, Asia and Africa. * Openly gay singer Ivri Lidder is agmonst Israel's most popular entertainers * Openly gay movie producer Eytan Fox has become one of Israel's most important film exporters to the world, with his movies "Yossi and Jagger", Walk on Water" and "The Bubble". * Openly gay politicians have served in the Israeli Kenneset and on the city councils of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Glad to see someone acknowledging Israel's record on LGBT Rights :

-Gays have full rights to serve in the military
-Sodomy laws were struck down in 1988
-Full civil rights for LGBT people established in 1992
-Partner benefits for all governmental employees, including the national airline, El Al
-Partner adoption rights
-In 2007 the State agreed to recognize same gender marriages performed abroad, similar to its recognition of other civil marriages from other countries

* Pride parades take place annually in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Eilat and Haifa. Attempts by Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious groups to stop the parades, mostly in Jerusalem have consistently been blocked by the Israeli Supreme Court.
* The first transgendered person to win the Eurovision contest was Israeli Dana International in 1998 with her song, "Diva". Eurovision is watched by hundreds of millions of people through Europe, Asia and Africa.
* Openly gay singer Ivri Lidder is agmonst Israel's most popular entertainers
* Openly gay movie producer Eytan Fox has become one of Israel's most important film exporters to the world, with his movies "Yossi and Jagger", Walk on Water" and "The Bubble".
* Openly gay politicians have served in the Israeli Kenneset and on the city councils of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

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