The evening's keynote speaker is Frederick Hertz, an American legal expert who specializes in gay marriage. They are here for the inauguration of Israel's first-ever LGBT legal clinic. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)Ī refugee lawyer, a transgender specialist, and six other people sit in a circle in an empty classroom on the second floor of Tel Aviv's Gay Center. Participants hold flags during a gay pride parade in Jerusalem on July 29, 2010.