Alice Rothchild
Queer and trans Palestinian people have asked their partners worldwide to refuse complicity with their oppressors: #StopPinkwashing! And queer solidarity with Palestine is rising in response: from Sam Smith dropping their Israel show last month (shoutouts to @AdalahJusticeProject), to a Chicago anti-pinkwashing campaign last year (@USPCN), to a recent win at Lisbon Pride. Across the globe, queer individuals and groups have #NoPrideInApartheid!
Jun 7, 2023 at 2:00pmWeb
Show threadAlice RothchildJun 7, 2023
As Jasbir Puar and Maya Mikdash explained, pinkwashing is the attempt to gloss over Israel’s ongoing settler colonialism in Palestine by redirecting attention to Israel’s supposedly stellar gay rights record, in comparison with supposedly dismal LGBTQIA+ Palestinian experiences. #NoPrideInApartheid
Show threadAlice RothchildJun 7, 2023
In reality, Israel compounds systems of oppression for queer Palestinians by attempting to entrap them as informants under occupation, and if they flee to supposed gay paradise cities like Tel Aviv for asylum, they are denied work permits and healthcare, a violation of international law (source: +972 Mag).
Show threadAlice RothchildJun 7, 2023

Take action:
1️⃣ Fight pinkwashing on social media with downloadable graphics
2️⃣ Print #NoPrideInApartheid posters for pride marches
3️⃣ Fight for trans and queer liberation everywhere by uplifting actions to #ProtectTransKids & #StopPinkwashing

Check out the #NoPrideInApartheid toolkit: uscpr.org/NoPrideInApartheid