NYC QAIA is co-sponsoring a presentation by members of the Interfaith Peace-Builders at Queens Pride House this Saturday (Feb. 8). Two members of Interfaith Peace-Builders (one of whom is a member of QAIA) will report back on their delegation tour to Israel/Palestine in May/June 2013. The Audre Lorde Project and Queens Pride House are also co-sponsoring the event, which is open to the public and will take place at Queens Pride House from 7-9 p.m. For a map of the neighborhood & Pride House in relation to the Roosevelt Ave. subway station, click on this link:
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After the QPH forum: More straight people tell queers how great Israel is for us.
6/7/13
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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 misguided, just spewing talking points from the pinkwashing playbook, I think both the editorial & the news story represent something of a breakthrough, as they're the first instances I'm aware of that a Queens publication has published an article using the terms 'pinkwashing' & 'Israeli apartheid,' much less focusing on Israel/Palestine as an LGBT issue.
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QAIA/Queens Pride House forum: June 4, 7pm!
6/1/13
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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 and the Queer International" (published by Duke University Press in November 2012).
Park, who led the campaign for the transgender rights law enacted by the New York City Council in 2002, was one of the delegates who participated in the first US LGBTQ delegation tour of Palestine in January 2012, which Schulman helped organize.
Schulman and Park will explain why Israel/Palestine is an issue for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and will discuss the work they do to challenge the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The event is free and open to the public and is also being co-sponsored by Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, Brooklyn For Peace, Brooklyn College Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace-NY, Jews Say No, the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), QUEEROCRACY, Q-Wave, and Women in Black–Union Square.
Queens Pride House can be reached by subway to Roosevelt Ave. (EFMR) and 74th St./Broadway (#7). Please note that the site is a second-floor walk-up and is not wheelchair-accessible. For more info. about the event, e-mail Pauline Park (PPark@queenspridehouse.org) or call (718) 429-5309. For directions to Queens Pride House, see this map:
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