Posts Tagged: Gay Rights
The ‘Pinkwashing’ Dilemma: Why Can’t the Media Face Up to Palestinian Homophobia?
We’ve heard them all before. From "Greenwashing" and "artwashing," to "veganwashing" and "funwashing" -- in the minds of Israel’s critics, there is nothing that the...
Arab Homophobia and Western Indifference
JNS.org - One of the more spiteful terms to have emerged from the global campaign against the State of Israel is “pinkwashing” — a catchphrase...
Progressive Silence Over Islamic Extremism Is Homophobic
Earlier this year, 200 progressive activists stormed the downtown Chicago Hilton with the intention of disrupting a gay-rights event. Not that they had anything against gay rights....
Accommodating Transgender Students Should Have Limits — in the Washroom
A society should be judged by how well we treat the vulnerable and minorities in our midst. But society must also be judged by how we...
Exposing the ‘Pinkwashing’ Lie
On Wednesday, thousands of tourists from around the world arrived in Israel for the Nonstop Gay Festival, a joint venture of the Tourism Ministry and...
In UN Speech, Israeli Ambassador Challenges Middle East Countries on Rule of Law
Ron Prosor, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, on Wednesday addressed the UN Security Council on the "Rule of Law," challenging Israel's Middle Eastern neighbors to...
City University of New York Resolves to Balance Out Anti-Israel “Pinkwashing” Conference
Following the Anti-Defamation League's condemnation of the"Homonationalism and Pinkwashing" conference, which plans to accuse Israel of using its positive record on LGBT issues to deflect...
What’s the Problem With Civil Marriages?
Who opposes civil marriage? It seems that religions are the main campaigners against it. Despite my love affair with Judaism I am a strong advocate...
ADL, LGBT Group Slam CUNY for Sponsorship of Anti-Israel ‘Pinkwashing’ Conference
The Anti-Defamation League and a Jewish LGBT group have blasted a conference being planned by the The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at City...
Trustee Blasts CUNY Anti-Israel “Homonationalism and Pinkwashing” Conference
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at City University of New York plans to hold a conference on "Homonationalism and Pinkwashing" next year, which...
The Skinny on Israel’s New Model Law and Seattle’s Anti-Israel Proclamation
There is a Democratic country in the Middle East which passed a groundbreaking law - and of course received minimal media attention. The Middle East: Where...
How Can Gay Activists Boycott the Jewish State?
Israel is the sole democracy in the Middle East, a champion of gay rights, and a place where tens of thousands march in...
‘Pinkwashing?’ – Forget About Israel
How does one translate "pinkwashing?" After I read a New York Times Op-Ed on November 22nd 2011, I understand it as something between ...
Focus on Saving American Marriage
Now that the tide has turned in favor of gay marriage by America's second most-populous state permitting it, it's time to put the...
