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‘Love in organizing’: A tribute to a queer Jew for Palestine
Shatzi Weisberger died at 92 after a lifetime of organizing for LGBTQ, Black, and Palestinian liberation. Her memory will fuel us in the struggles ahead.
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Theo Rehm
January 5, 2023
LGBTQ Israelis hold mass strike, protests demanding equality
A discriminatory surrogacy law sparks mass protests by LGBTQ Israelis, tens of thousands of whom take part in a nationwide general strike. Some 80,000 fill Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. By +972 Magazine Staff The Israeli LGBTQ community staged a nationwide strike on Sunday to protest discrimination and inequality, sparked by a new law to ease surrogacy…
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July 22, 2018
‘Just be grateful you’re not gay in Gaza’
As long as Palestinians are deprived of their rights by the occupation, we cannot view the achievements of the Israeli LGBTQ community as an indication of tolerance. By Noa Bassel Every year in June, during Pride Month, the inherent paradox built in to Israel’s political discourse reaches a fever pitch: the more oppressed a social group is, the more…
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Haokets
June 7, 2018
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Pinkwashing: Is it really so black and white?
We must remain critical when the Israeli government co-opts the LGBTQ struggle to divert attention from the occupation. But let’s not minimize the urgency of the situation for many queer people in Israel and across the Middle East. By Frederick Hertz There’s a tendency towards extreme dualism when it comes to the LGBTQ community in Israel. Two recent essays…
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June 9, 2017
LGBTQ Israelis come out against occupation and homophobia
In response to online homophobic attacks, over 50 LGBTQ left-wing activists and NGO workers in Israel-Palestine release a statement condemning the occupation, racism and pinkwashing. By Yael (Yael) Marom The week before last a notorious extreme right-wing Israeli rapper posted another homophobic status on his Facebook page. The post, which was not the from a…
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Yali (Yael) Marom
June 5, 2017
The far-right is wooing LGBTQs for one reason: Islamophobia
From Donald Trump, to Marine Le Pen, to the Israeli government, the far-right is rebranding itself as uniquely equipped to protect LGBTQ communities from homophobia — so long as it is coming from Muslims. On June 13, 2016, Donald Trump gave a speech in response to the mass shooting at an Orlando LGBTQ nightclub the previous night,…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
June 2, 2017
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