Last week, Lambda Legal sent around invitations to a Fire Island Pines party -- co-sponsored by Michael Lucas and his boyfriend Richard Winger (former president of the LGBT Center's board.) Queers for an Open LGBT Center asked Lambda: really?!Kevin M. Cathcart, Executive DirectorLambda Legal // 120 Wall Street, Suite 1500New York, NY 10005-39047 July 2011Dear Kevin,Lambda Legal is one of the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations in the country, and it is because...
At NYC Pride, Israel contingent attacks LGBT Palestine supporters
7/1/11
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Will the Center provide safe space for queers under attack? So far, it's just providing safe space for attackers.NYC's Pride March saw a scary escalation of the effort to squelch queer political speech -- this time with violence. Pride marchers carrying Palestine-related signs were physically attacked by marchers from the Israel contingent. Facebook posts on "Queer support for Israel" (now apparently removed) indicated that the attack may have been aimed at Queers Against Israeli Apartheid.This attack comes directly...
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NYC-QAIA,
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