Editing Tel Aviv (section)

===LGBT culture===
[[File:Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade 2015 (18549971060).jpg|thumb|[[Tel Aviv Pride]] is the largest annual [[pride parade]] in the Middle East and Asia.]]

Named "the best gay city in the world" by [[American Airlines]], Tel Aviv is one of the most popular destinations for [[LGBT tourism|LGBT tourists]] internationally, with a large [[LGBT]] community.<ref name="Was Arafat Gay?">{{cite magazine |url=http://out.com/detail.asp?id=22719 |title=Was Arafat Gay? |magazine=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126202221/http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22719 |archive-date=26 January 2009}}</ref><ref name=Burden>{{cite news |title=Tel Aviv named world's best gay city |work=[[Ynet]] |date=11 January 2012 |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4174274,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113221159/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-4174274%2C00.html |archive-date=13 January 2012}}</ref> Approximately 25% of Tel Aviv's population identify as [[gay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2016/03/17/welcome-tel-aviv-gayest-city-earth/y9V15VazXhtSjXVSo9gT9K/story.html |title=Welcome to Tel Aviv, the gayest city on earth |date=16 March 2016 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829093319/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2016/03/17/welcome-tel-aviv-gayest-city-earth/y9V15VazXhtSjXVSo9gT9K/story.html |archive-date=29 August 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/en/Pages/ArticlePage.aspx?WebID=9336473c-1537-4ab6-8a69-d299b5db8bcc&ListID=b4eda22c-a69a-4bef-9479-05d5a832ad16&ItemId=99 |title=Tel Aviv- A City With Pride |date=16 March 2018 |publisher=Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality |quote=In order to fully embrace Tel Aviv's unique personality, the city's gay community is the most vibrant and essential characteristic. Making up an estimated 25% of the entire population, the substantially large gay community is an integral part of Tel Aviv's culture. |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309000107/https://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/en/Pages/ArticlePage.aspx?WebID=9336473c-1537-4ab6-8a69-d299b5db8bcc&ListID=b4eda22c-a69a-4bef-9479-05d5a832ad16&ItemId=99 |url-status=live }}</ref> American journalist [[David Kaufman (journalist)|David Kaufman]] has described the city as a place "packed with the kind of 'we're here, we're queer', vibe more typically found in Sydney and San Francisco". The city hosts its well-known [[Tel Aviv Pride|pride parade]], the biggest in Asia, attracting over 200,000 people yearly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.722976 |title=200,000 Israelis, Tourists Take Part in Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade |first1=Zafrir |last1=Rinat |first2=Jonathan |last2=Lis |date=3 June 2016 |website=Haaretz |access-date=18 March 2017 |archive-date=20 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920071808/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.722976 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In January 2008, Tel Aviv's municipality established the city's [[Tel Aviv Municipal LGBT Community Center|LGBT Community center]], providing all of the municipal and cultural services to the LGBT community under one roof. In December 2008, Tel Aviv began putting together a team of gay athletes for the [[2009 World Outgames]] in Copenhagen.<ref name=zeitun>{{Cite news |last=Zeitun |first=Yoav |title=Tel Aviv recruits gay athletes for 2009 World Outgames |work=Ynetnews |date=26 December 2008 |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3644715,00.html |access-date=26 December 2008 |archive-date=27 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227095110/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3644715,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, Tel Aviv hosts an annual LGBT [[film festival]], known as [[TLVFest]].

Tel Aviv's LGBT community is the subject of [[Eytan Fox]]'s 2006 film ''[[The Bubble (2006 film)|The Bubble]]''.