Happy pride!! Remember that Gazans – and Palestinians in the West Bank – are being slaughtered every single day by israel, but that Israel will use this month to try and pinkwash their reputation. Do not let them.
Reminder that Israel claims to be suuuuuuuper LGBT+ friendly, unlike those “”“barbaric palestinians”“” — but if youre a gay in israel, you still can’t even get married to your partner, because all marriages in israel are regulated by religious courts, and none of them recognise same sex unions.
Reminder that Queering the Map has a bunch of entries from queer people in Gaza, one of which is a message to their deceased partner, where they say if they had known that israeli bombs would one day kill their partner, they would have spent the time they had together telling the whole world how much they loved them, and they’re sorry they didn’t.
Do not let Israel con you into thinking that they’re some kind of queer oasis in the middle of the hostile desert of the middle east. Do not let Israel con you into thinking they give a shit about anything other than their own military might. They will feed hets and queers and adults and children alike into a woodchipper if it meant stealing so much as a single extra inch of Palestinian land.
Happy pride, keep your eyes on Rafah. Keep your hearts with the innocent civilians that Israel is slaughtering. Keep your voices on the topic of Palestine.