The very complicated story of the lone example of a possibly gay person possibly executed in Gaza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mahmoud_Eshtewi
It's a messed up story, but not a very clear example of homophobia. It really bothers me how many genuinely messed up stories get turned into weirdly sexualised stereotypes.
I don't think he was even actually gay? A love affair with a male neighbour was just one of multiple sex scandals, rumours spread by political rivals.
The clearer example is not in Gaza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions%27_Den_(militant_group)#Assassinations
It's more likely he was gay, and it was more closely related to him being killed, but the reason a possibly closeted gay man was the target in that scenario seems to be mostly Shin Bet's fault? So that one gets used in the #pinkwashing a lot less often?
Plus one vigilante murder, explicitly for being gay, but that happens just as often in Israel, and more often elsewhere.
Kirt
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