After the QPH forum: More straight people tell queers how great Israel is for us.

From Pauline, a heads up about the Queens Chronicle's reaction to the Palestine forum at Queens Pride House: Attached are the news story & the editorial that the Queens Chronicle just published on the Israel/Palestine forum that we had at Queens Pride House on Tuesday. As you can see, the article is a pretty 'straight forward' news story, even if the reporter did get QAIA's name wrong. The editorial, on the other hand, is more like a scene from "The Empire Strikes Back."  While the editorial is extremely...

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March with QAIA in Brooklyn Pride! and other places!

Queers Against Israeli Apartheid @ Brooklyn Pride Saturday, June 8th Meet QAIA at 7 pm on 5th Ave. at Union Street,  in front of the gym - used to be a bank In past years, it has been particularly fabulous to march in BK pride. Folks on the sidelines and in the march understand why we're there, and are mostly really supportive and glad to see queer anti-apartheid activists on the move. Let's go to there! The parade begins at 7:30 pm, but we'd like to form our contingent by 7pm. Some of us will march...

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Flyers to download! QAIA/Boycott Apartheid Tourism

Hi Queers - fun times! We'll be trolling around with these flyers all summer... This Pride season, queers around the world are fighting back against Israel's push for [white male] gay tourism. Resistance is sexy! Apartheid not so much! Here are NYC-QAIA's flyers. You can email around the images below, or download a printable version here. (The PDF has 4 flyers on a page, intended for double-sided copies.) Feel free to send them far and wide! xoxo NYC-QAIA ...

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QAIA/Queens Pride House forum: June 4, 7pm!

New York City Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (NYC QAIA) are pleased to co-sponsor a forum on Israel/Palestine at Queens Pride House on Tuesday, June 4 from 7-9 p.m. The event will feature a panel discussion with Sarah Schulman and Pauline Park.  A noted activist, Schulman is Distinguished Professor at the College of Staten Island (CSI) of the City University of New York (CUNY) and the author of 17 books, including ten novels, five nonfiction books, and two plays; her most recent book is "Israel/Palestine...

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