Israel Gay Rights

Why We Boycotted The Equality Forum: Gay Rights Become A Tool In Israel's Rebranding Campaign

Katherine Franke | Posted 05.11.2012

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Katherine Franke

We decided to boycott an event that peeled off and celebrated Israel's good gay-rights record rather than locating it within the larger problems that plague Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. The one cannot be separated from the other in our view.

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Yossi Looks at a Closeted Gay Man in Israeli Society

Erica Abeel | Posted 04.21.2012

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Erica Abeel

In a sequel of sorts to his 2003 Yossi and Jagger, Fox follows a dead man walking who returns, spiritually and physically, to the living.

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Israel Military Weekly In Hot Water After Publishing Report On Soldiers As Drag Queens

AP | Posted 03.20.2012

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JERUSALEM -- An article about off-duty soldiers in Israel doubling as drag queens has gotten the Israeli military's magazine into trouble. The milita...

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'Pinkwashing' Deconstructed

Scott Piro | Posted 02.20.2012

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Scott Piro

Israel's queer enemies can hurl "pinkwashing" claims at her all they want. I, for one, celebrate the fact that Israel's government is proud enough of its LGBT rights record to use it for nation-banding.

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Why 'It's Good To Be Gay In Israel'

Variety | Debra Kamin | Posted 12.18.2011

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Aside from being the epicenter of the Israel film industry, Tel Aviv is quickly earning a reputation as the hottest gay destination in the Middle East...

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A Documentary Guide to Pinkwashing

Sarah Schulman | Posted 02.05.2012

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Sarah Schulman

Pinkwashing is the cynical use of queer people's hard-won gains by the Israeli government in an attempt to rebrand themselves as progressive, while continuing to violate international law and the human rights of Palestinians.

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"Israel and 'Pinkwashing'": What Was the New York Times Thinking?

David Harris | Posted 01.27.2012

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David Harris

One of the three spaces on the prestigious New York Times op-ed page in the November 23rd edition was given to a rather odd piece.

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