(JNS.org) An estimated 200,000 people — including 30,000 tourists — participated in Tel Aviv’s gay pride parade on June 3, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry. This year’s parade began with a moment of silence for 16-year-old Shira Banki, who was stabbed to death by a haredi man at Jerusalem’s gay pride parade last year, and for the victims of the 2009 shooting attack at the Bar Noar LGBT youth club in Tel Aviv. Friday’s parade, titled “Women for Change,” highlighted women in the LGBT community and their struggle for equal rights. The parade was launched by Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, who urged Israeli lawmakers attending the event to promote legislation to allow marriage and parenting equality.