Tel Aviv has been named the best gay city for 2011 in a poll sponsored by American Airlines and Gaycities.com.
The city was selected as the “Best City of 2011” in the “Best of Gay Cities 2011” poll. Tel Aviv garnered 43 percent of the votes, followed by New York City with 14 percent and Toronto with 7 percent.
“Winning this competition constitutes an additional strengthening of the fact that Tel Aviv-Jaffa is a city that respects all people and allows everyone to live according to his/her own principles,” Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said. “Ours is a city in which everyone can be proud of who they are.”
New York won in the Best Night Life category, San Francisco took the Best Pride city category, and Buffalo, N.Y., was the Most Up-and-Coming city.
More than 5,000 gay tourists visited Tel Aviv in June for its annual pride parade, according to the Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality.
