Posts Tagged: pinkwashing
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...
‘Pinkwashing’? Seattle vs. Israel
In 2012, a long-planned visit approved by Seattle's then-mayor and the city's LGBTQ Commission of a LGBTQ delegation from Israel was cancelled a day before...
Anti-Israel Activists at Columbia University Fail to Condemn Hamas for Executing Gay Palestinian
Members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Columbia University failed to condemn the execution of a man in the Gaza Strip, during a...
Activists at Washington U Protest Guest Lecture by Israeli LGBTQ Rep; Call It ‘Pinkwashing’ of Jewish State’s ‘Oppression of Palestinians’
Anti-Israel activists at Washington University protested a recent event highlighting the Jewish state's status as a regional "haven" for the LGBTQ community, accusing it of "pinkwashing”...
Celebrating the Truth About Jerusalem and Lie Behind ‘Pinkwashing’
Two Israeli celebrations in recent days underscore the uniqueness and heroism of the Jewish state, while highlighting the concerted effort on the part of its...
The Real Pinkwashers
From 1988, when sodomy statutes were repealed in Israel, to 2014, when Tel Aviv unveiled the first memorial to LGBT victims of the Holocaust, to...
Why I Am a Proud, Queer, Jewish ‘Pinkwasher’
In 2008, I emerged from the largest and scariest closet I have ever lived inside: I came out as a proud, queer, Jewish “pinkwasher.” I am...
Transgender Activist Janet Mock Cancels Brown U Talk After Anti-Israel Activists Reject Hillel Co-Sponsorship
A leading activist for queer and transgender rights has cancelled an upcoming appearance at Brown University, The Algemeiner has learned, due to a controversy surrounding the campus...
Israel, Despite Divided Attitudes on LGBT Rights, Beats Arab Countries by a Mile
JNS.org - Should society accept homosexuality? In America, where the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26 decided to recognize same-sex marriages in states where it has...
Middle East Gay Pride and LGBT Safety Exist Only in Israel
Tel Aviv just hosted its 15th annual Gay Pride Festival, attended by a record-breaking 100,000 spectators and participants, including some of Israel's most powerful politicians....
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...
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...
Boycott BDS, Not Israel
Last November, the New York Times published an op-ed that took the demonization of Israel to another, more insidious level. The attack, authored by...
