Pride Parade

A short time ago, Jerusalem held its Gay Pride parade. It was fascinating for many reasons, most of which were the dissimilarities from the Pride parade in, say San Diego. For example...

• Everyone was dressed pretty normally.
• There were dykes, but no bikes.
• It was pretty small - about 1000-2000 people marched. A much smaller number than Pride in San Diego. Most of the spectators, at least where we were, were members of the press or just happened to be carrying large cameras.
• There was a counter-protest, which consisted of 8 yeshiva buchers (yiddish for young men who study Judaism) who were being watched by 8 Israeli police officers. It made for an interesting picture (check it out on Facebook).
• People who were also protesting the housing crisis joined the gay community. I don't notice that kind of cross-over as much in the States.

But talking about it is one thing. Of course, we have a video! Enjoy.