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June 19: World Pride Controversy |
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Saturday, 22 July 2006 |
The LGBT World Pride event titled "Love Without Borders" is scheduled to occur August 6 - 12 in Jerusalem. Hosted by Jerusalem Open House, West Jerusalem's LGBT community center, the event is being widely hailed as a significantly progressive milestone in gay liberation, and gay people from around the world are expected to visit Israel for the march and other activities.
But there is widespread disagreement about the political appropriateness of holding a world pride event in Israel in the present time of war between Israel and Palestine. Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism, or QUIT - the accomplished anti-occupation direct action group from San Francisco - has called for a boycott of the events and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission has also issued a statement of non-participation. (Click HERE to listen.) |
