Posts Tagged: Palestine gay rights
LGBT+ Community Is a ‘Culture of Perversion,’ Say Palestinian UNRWA Workers
All the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) wanted was to declare the obvious -- that the LGBT+ community should be treated equally in...
The Lie That Is ‘Pinkwashing’: Columnist Attacks Israel for Promoting LGBT Values
The so-called “pinkwashing” accusation is one that has been leveled at Israel on numerous occasions. First coined by Sarah Schulman in an article for The New...
Accusing Israel of ‘Pinkwashing’ Negates the LGBTQ+ Palestinian Experience
A recent review in The Concordian by Aysha White covered four short films at the "Queer for Palestine" film festival held in mid-November in Montreal. Showcasing...
The Real ‘Pinkwashing’ Is Done by Palestinians
British arts and culture magazine Dazed has run a gushing piece about an upcoming movie festival, "Queer Cinema for Palestine" (QCP), which will reportedly celebrate...
The Pursuit of Human Rights and the Myth of Israeli ‘Pinkwashing’
On March 8 of this year, the so-called "human rights" group Palestinian Solidarity Collective (PSC) at York University in Toronto, Canada, launched an Israeli "Pinkwashing"...
Palestinian Gay Activists Hold Protest — in Haifa
AlQaws, the Palestinian LGBTQ group, will hold a protest against both Palestinian patriarchy and Israeli oppression on Wednesday. But they won’t be holding it in Ramallah...
The Plight of the LGBT Community in the Palestinian Authority and Muslim Countries
The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s violent treatment of the gay community under its rule offers a gloomy reminder of this community’s difficult situation in most Muslim...
Anti-LGBT Discrimination Is Now Official PA Policy
JNS.org - After Palestinian LGBT organization al-Qaws announced that it had held a gathering in the West Bank city of Nablus earlier this month to...
