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American Airlines Names Tel Aviv World’s Best Gay City | In an American Airlines competition, 43 percent of voters named Tel Aviv the world’s Best Gay City of 2011. New York City trailed behind with 14 percent of the vote, followed by Tortono, Sao Paulo, Madrid, London, New Orleans, and Mexico City. The survey described Tel Aviv as “the gay capital of the Middle East, exotic and welcoming, with a Mediterranean c’est la vie attitude.”