Gays for palestine movement

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1. LGBTQ Palestinians and the Politics of the Ordinary

Big thank you to Moody for trusting us with his story, we encourage you all to take a deep breath and please listen to today's episode with an open mind and loving heart. Libraries Ask Us. Researching Palestine. Highlighted Resource: Queering the Map. Solidarity with Palestinians has become a salient domain of global queer politics.

Researching Palestine

When Rauda Morcos , a Palestinian citizen of Israel who is a human rights lawyer and award-winning activist, heard that Tel Aviv planned to mark Pride this year, she was stunned. Who cares at the moment if you have equal rights [as queers]? Morcos says she was taken back nearly two decades to That year there was an Israeli attack on Gaza , and as head of a Palestinian queer activist group she campaigned for a boycott of the WorldPride parade hosted by Jerusalem Open House.

On Jan. The children are the homophobes? Queer people themselves have long organized against being used by Israel as props in a marketing war. More recently, on Jan. This is why we join Queers For Liberation to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.