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Opinion Yes, Our Anti-Israel Protest Disrupted LGBT Conference — That’s the Point!
The debate over pinkwashing at the Creating Change conference in Chicago this past weekend was agitational. It was uncomfortable. It brought out tensions in our relationships, our values and our communities. That’s a good thing. I was always taught that Shabbat is a time to imagine the world to come. So, when I learned that…
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Fast Forward 90 LGBT Activists Condemn Anti-Israel Protests at National Event
Days after 200 anti-Israel demonstrators forcibly shut down a reception at the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Creating Change conference, a group of American LGBT activists, both Jewish and non-Jewish, condemned the protesters’ behavior as “unacceptable and not in accord with the Task Force’s values of pluralism, inclusivity and thoughtful debate.” The strongly worded open letter…
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The Schmooze 4 Jewish Things About the GLAAD Awards
The GLAAD Awards nominees are here and the Jews have a strong presence in the television and music categories. Here are four things you need to know about the 27th edition of the awards, which recognizes LGBT representations in the media. In the Outstanding Music Artist category, the multitalented Australian Troye Sivan is nominated. Sivan,…
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Fast Forward LGBT Group Condemns Anti-Semitism After Jewish Gay Event Disrupted
Days after hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Creating Change conference attempted to disrupt a reception featuring Israeli LGBT activists, the American gay rights organization said it “wholeheartedly condemns anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic statements made at any Task Force event.” Rea Carey, the group’s executive director, issued a statement at the close…
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Opinion Wishing Your Opponents Dead Is Not Good for Israelis or Palestinians
This column is not about the recent anti-Israel , which partially shut down a reception featuring Israeli LGBT activists. It’s about the ugly, angry way we talk about such things. And as usual, I’m going to call out both the right and the left. As journalists and Internet trolls “discussed” the events at the conference…
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Fast Forward Pinkwashing Protesters Shut Down Gay Jewish Shabbat Event
Hundreds of protesters sought to disrupt a Shabbat service and reception for Jewish participants at a gay activism conference in Chicago. Chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, pinkwashing has got to go,” the protesters streamed through the Hilton Chicago on Friday night toward the service hosted by A Wider Bridge, a Jewish LGBTQ organization that seeks…
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Culture Transgender Man Gives Birth to Baby — Embraces Life as ‘Abba’
(JTA) — When Rafi Daugherty went to the hospital for the birth of his first child, he posted a sign on the delivery room door. “I am a single transgender man having my first baby,” it read. “I use he/him/his pronouns and will be called ‘Abba’ (Hebrew for father) by the baby. Papa, Dad, Daddy,…
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Opinion Who’s To Blame for Jewish Group Getting Booted from Gay Conference?
It’s been a busy week for the National LGBTQ Task Force. Jewish accusations of exclusionary behavior, silencing, anti-Semitism, being too harsh on Israel, being too easy on Israel — all this and more inundated the Task Force, and all because of a single event at the Creating Change Conference in Chicago. First the Task Force…
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