Israeli flags told to leave gay pride parade in chicago

With all the people that so hate the LGBTQ community, for it to tear itself apart in self-hatred makes no sense at all," she added. Read original. Is every nation which does not have a clean civil-rights record and also hosts a Pride parade guilty of pinkwashing?

Copy Link. By Harriet Sinclair Associate Editor. Israel's own backing of LGBT rights has been described as ' pinkwashing ,' with the authorities there accused of using gay rights to detract from the ongoing conflict with Palestine. The Star of David also features on the Israeli flag, with many believing support for Israel is tantamount to supporting the oppression of the Palestinian people.

Three people carrying Jewish Pride flags, rainbow-striped flags with a Star of David at the center, were asked to leave a pro-LGBT march on Saturday, June 24, in the Chicago neighborhood of Little Village. The organizers of the march told the Times the event was a pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist one and that the flags made people feel unsafe.

Speed: 0. Organizers of the 21st annual Chicago Dyke March told the women that the rainbow flags with a white Star of David in the center would be a trigger to people who found it offensive. Jewish people celebrating LGBT Pride in Chicago were told not to display Star of David flags because other people found them 'offensive.'.

The Jewish Star of David flag was banned from the city's annual Dyke March celebrations, and several people carrying the flag were removed form the march because their presence "made people feel unsafe," LGBT paper Windy City Times reported. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content.

The Dyke March is described by organisers as being a "more inclusive, more social justice-oriented" march than the city's main Pride parade. Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta.

One marcher, Laurel Grauer, said she was harassed by other Dyke March attendees before being told she needed to leave with her flag. However, the decision to prevent people from displaying their Jewish Pride flags did not go down well with some marchers. Jewish activists carrying rainbow flags emblazoned with the Star of David at a gay pride march in Chicago over weekend were told by organizers to leave the parade as their flags “made people feel unsafe.”.

Am I pinkwashing by being here and supporting my community?