Timothy: Ramy is a queer Palestinian who escaped Gaza to Egypt with his child and wife, but they are not safe in Egypt either due to the homophobic laws. Ramy and his wife were arrange married, but are friends and co-parents who just want to relocate and rebuild their lives in a place safe for them. 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Happy Pride Month, y’all! So, this Pride Month, to keep with the spirit of its queer liberation, each day I’m going to add a post or few to this thread focusing exclusively on queer Palestinians. Y’all means all and that includes Palestinians Queer Liberation includes Palestinian Liberation 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

First post is going to be a GoFundMe of a Palestinian and his boyfriend and their respective families’ trapped living in a tent in Gaza Their identity is protected for obvious safety reasons, but the GoFundMe’s Donation are protected so it’s zero risk for donators 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

HELP OUT A QUEER FRIEND IN GAZA, organized by Jonathan Le Blancwww.gofundme.com Hi, my name is Jonathan and I made this fundraiser to raise money for a queer friend… Jonathan Le Blanc needs your support for HELP OUT A QUEER FRIEND IN GAZA

Here is an article you should consider reading written by Adam Haj, a queer Palestinian 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

I'm a Queer Palestinian. Here's How I'm Fighting for Liberationwww.them.us Through queer anti-colonial activism, I've rediscovered my sense of belonging in Palestine, and realized that real liberation is one that is accessible for all.

Here is another reading and master list of resources and information to consider reading this pride month 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Palestine as a Queer Struggle: Learn About Pinkwashing and Moreuscpr.org There's no pride in apartheid! Learn about Palestine as a queer struggle, from stopping pinkwashing to fighting transphobia.

Here is another master list of resources for queer solidarity. Remember, y’all means all. All includes Palestinians 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Queer Solidarity with Palestine: Resource Guidedocs.google.com

Also, esims are still greatly needed so we can stay in contact with our Palestinian queer siblings and their families. Keep in mind just because someone isn’t openly LGBTQIA, doesn’t mean they’re cishet. It’s not our place to police any Palestinian 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

eSims For Gazagazaesims.com

A Palestinian Lesbian from Gaza need helps covering the costs of resettling after having to flee Israeli apartheid and occupation of Palestine. Her identity is protected by her own request for her own safety and security 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Help Palestinian Lesbian Resettle, organized by L Awww.gofundme.com A Palestinian Lesbian from Gaza in need of mutual aid to cover costs for resettling. They are a … L A needs your support for Help Palestinian Lesbian Resettle

Heartbreaking messages from Queering The Map Don’t let Israel fool you. They have harmed and killed countless of our queer siblings. Queer people live everywhere. 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Rami is his code name to protect his identity, but Rami fled both an abusive family and the Israeli apartheid regime to seek refuge in Türkiye. He is a young Gazan man who is HIV+ and needs help with treatment and staying safe. 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Help Queer Palestinian Seek Asylum & HIV Treatment, organized by Sanad Qwww.gofundme.com Help Queer/Gay Palestinian Seek Asylum & HIV Treatment Hey everybody … Sanad Q needs your support for Help Queer Palestinian Seek Asylum & HIV Treatment

A wonderful article written by Dorgham Abusalim that counters Israeli pinkwashing head on 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

The Real Oppressors of Gaza's Gay Community: Hamas or Israel?www.palestine-studies.org Palestine Square

Another wonderful article breaking down Israeli pinkwashing and how Israel isn’t the bastion of LGBTQIA+ rights it paints itself as. It is written by Musa Shadeedi and translated by Hiba Moustafa 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

In Fear of Gay’za: Zionism vs. Queer-Palestinian Activismstorage.googleapis.com عربي Words by Musa ShadeediImages by Mothanna Hussein Translated by Hiba Moustafa The settler colony of Israel launched its massacre of the civilian population of Gaza Strip over a month ago. …

So, no MA today, because I haven’t heard back yet from specific people seeking their consent in their Mutual Aids being included in this thread. Consent is very important to me, and I don’t want to include anyone without explicit permission. Instead, I’ll be recommending a graphic novel 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

I’m recommending Bluesky’s very own @mrrg.bsky.social ‘s graphic novel, “The Hookah Girl: And Other True Stories”. It’s about their childhood growing up Palestinian American. The art is gorgeous and the story is so well done I genuinely felt like I could’ve been a fly on the wall in their life 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

The Hookah Girl: And Other True Storieswww.goodreads.com In this current political climate, being a Palestinian …

Consider the extreme need for feminine hygiene kits in Gaza. Remember, just because someone isn’t openly LGBTQIA+, doesn’t make them cishet. And even if they are, women’s struggle is also tied to the queer struggle. No woman should have to suffer like this 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Feminine Hygiene Kits for Gaza With the Asad Sisterspiousprojects.org Help us bring hygiene kits to the vulnerable women suffering Gaza's violence.

A heartbreaking but inspiring article interviewing Chef Marcelle Afram, a trans Palestinian-American about his own family history as victims of ethnic cleansing. Also consider checking out the Palestinian led coalition he helped found, Hospitality for Humanity www.hospitality-for-humanity.com 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Meet the Trans Palestinian Chef Using Food to Fight for Liberationwww.them.us “For me, it’s just everything for Palestine.”

Article about homophobic & racist “Chickens for KFC” rebuttals to queer solidarity with Palestine They interview Dr. Sa'ed Atshan, professor of Anthropology and Peace and Conflict Studies at Swarthmore College who grew up in Palestine He also wrote, Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Why Queer Solidarity With Palestine Is Not “Chickens for KFC”www.them.us A conversation with Dr. Sa’ed Atshan about the rise in LGBTQ+ solidarity with Palestine and the reductionism of its backlash.

An article penned by Hazem G, Senior Policy Research Officer with Rainbow Railroad, about his perspective as a queer Palestinian man on pinkwashing, homonationalism, colonialism, and more. 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Intersectional Oppression: Queer Solidarity Against Division, Exploitation, and Hypocrisystorage.googleapis.com عربي Words by Hazem G.Artworks by Qaduda “You would thrive as a queer activist under Hamas.” I’ve encountered this sarcastic statement in the endless social media discussions, once I express my sta…

Ahmedat, a queer Palestinian refugee and sex worker in Germany recently experienced a brutal racial hate crime. He’s hoping to raise money for medical bills, legal fees, and to fight to stay in Germany since new laws would revoke the legal status of Arabs engaging in pro-palestinian activism 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Support Needed for a Palestinian Refugee in Berlin, organised by Ahmedat Bachir Abbahwww.gofundme.com A 26-year-old queer Palestinian Lebanese refugee and sex worke… Ahmedat Bachir Abbah needs your support for Support Needed for a Palestinian Refugee in Berlin

2009 interview w/ LGBT activist & cofounder of alQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society Haneen Maikey about pinkwashing Israel to demonize Palestinians “If you want to do me a favour, then stop bombing my friends, end your occupation, and leave me to rebuild my community” 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

'Stop using Palestinian gays to whitewash Israel's image'www.alqaws.org At the recent 'Gay Olympics' - the World Outgames in Copenhagen, Denmark - Tel Aviv was crowned one of the exclusive gay capitals of the world and proudly celebrated by the Israeli ambassador in Denma...

Someone collected over 2700 ebooks on Israel & Palestine for free here drive.google.com/drive/mobile... A book I heavily recommend is Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan where you can find here: drive.google.com/file/d/1zIa7... If you can afford it, buy it directly ⬇️ 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique a book by Sa'ed Atshanbookshop.org From Ramallah to New York, Tel Aviv to Porto Alegre, people around the world celebrate a formidable, transnational Palestinian LGBTQ social movement. Solidarity with Palestinians has become a salient ...

Maya Media made an excellent short video of Trans Palestinian Drag Queen Mama Ganuush You can also support Mama Ganuush here www.instagram.com/mamaganuush 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Here’s a short video I made. A Trans Palestinian Speaks! Mama Ghanoush at Dem Fundraiser - 4K youtu.be/BbK5x0xD914?...

A Trans Palestinian Speaks! Mama Ghanoush at Dem Fundraiser - 4Kyoutu.be Kamala Harris came to San Francisco on June 5, 2024, and we made sure she knew genocide enablers are not welcome here.

Login • Instagramwww.instagram.com Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

And while we’re on the topic of Mama Ganuush, a trans Palestinian, let us also focus on their cousins. 209 members of Mama Ganuush’s family were martyred, and while still grieving, they’re now trying to save 19 of their family members, evacuate them to Egypt, and try to rebuild their lives 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Help My Family in Gaza Find Safety, organized by N Ewww.gofundme.com Update May 12 2024: Hala tours is offering Palestinians who registered to pass to safety to Egy… N E needs your support for Help My Family in Gaza Find Safety

BOOK GIVEAWAY! Follow yaffasutopia & merajpublishing on IG, donate to ANY Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (www.themasgd.org) MA or ANY Palestinian fund, email the receipt to [email protected] with email title “Giveaway” & you’ll get a copy of “Inara: Light to Utopia”! 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Yaffa on Instagram: "GIVEAWAY ALERT!!! We want to get a copy of Inara into one of your hands :) - Follow @yaffasutopia and @merajpublishing - Make a donation to any MASGD mutual aid fund or to any P...www.instagram.com 354 likes, 6 comments - yaffasutopia on April 19, 2024: "GIVEAWAY ALERT!!! We want to get a copy of Inara into one of your hands :) - Follow @yaffasutopia and @merajpublishing - Make a donation...".

“Palestine is and has always been a queer and trans issue, same as every other genocide and occupation out there,” says Yaffa A.S., a queer, trans, Indigenous displaced Palestinian and executive director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity. The rest of the article here 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

No Pride in Genocide: Calling Out Israel’s Pinkwashingwww.yesmagazine.org Israel continues to paint itself as a pro-LGBTQ haven in the Middle East, using this alleged tolerance as justification for its genocide in Gaza. Queer activists around the world are pushing back.

In this episode of The Bay, they discuss with Palestinian queer artists pinkwashing, Israeli occupation, & genocide. The Palestinians interviewed are Mama Ganuush & Zaheer Suboh discussing how framing Israel as an oasis of LGBT rights empowers the genocidal apartheid state 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

For Palestinian LGBTQ+ Artists, Gaza Is a Queer Issue Too | KQEDwww.kqed.org View the full episode transcript. Queer Palestinian artists in the Bay are calling for a cease-fire as Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza. Some say that the war has forced them to “come out as P...

Why such a focus on combating pinkwashing & the racist myth Israel is an island of pro-queer tolerance amidst a sea of homophobic bigots? Never forget the day Israel stole a symbol of liberation for an often killed and brutalized community, soaked it in blood, & raised it to justify genocide 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

SAD, peaceoutloud, Mx. Yaffa & MASGD are fundraising money for queer & trans Palestinians, Sudanese & Congolese People’s, their communities/families, for food, medical, legal, relocation, communication access, & other support as determined by those who are impacted by the genocidal conditions 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

SAD MUTUAL AID FUND FOR Queer and trans Palestinians and front line organizersgivebutter.com By SAD and Pol's mutual aid fund for Mx. Yaffa and MASGD

Article about the intersection of their queer identity and their Palestinian heritage and how they’re ignored by the world by queer Palestinians Amina and Ranin Muhammad 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Queer and Palestinian: An analysis on the fight for global and personal existence. | University ObserverUniversity Observeruniversityobserver.ie

As we mourn today on the Orlando Pulse Nightclub Shooting anniversary, never forget Israel co-opted OUR grief & OUR pain to blame Palestine & Palestinians for the mass shooting. Israel, much like the US, vilified all Muslims to justify their own atrocities Written by Palestinian, Ali Abunimah 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Israel spin doctors move to exploit Orlando massacreelectronicintifada.net Mossad-linked group tries to implicate Palestinians in mass killing at gay nightclub.

Article written by trans Palestinian, Yazan Zahzah The article is about what pride means to them as a trans Palestinian 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Pride month is isolating for me as silence about violence in Palestine continueswww.sandiegouniontribune.com Zahzah is a longtime member of the Palestinian Youth Movement, and currently its Women’s Committee chair. They organize with the Palestinian Feminist Collective, lecture for the CSU system, w…

Article interviewing gay Palestinian scholar Dr. Sa'ed Atshan discussing his book “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique” and his study of the queer culture and community in Palestine. I double recommend everyone to order his book or check my resource list up above linking the book 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Imperialism, patriarchy and the history of Palestinian LGBTQ activismwww.newarab.com The New Arab Meets: Palestinian scholar Dr. Sa'ed Atshan to discuss his new book 'Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique'.

“LGBTQ Palestinians, we are stateless. Before needing the protection of the state, we need protection from the state … I see oppression … within Israeli organizations. There is no acceptance for Palestinian identity. So how can you free a person when you don’t accept one part of who they are?” 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

'A queer cry for freedom': Meet the LGBTQ Palestinians demanding liberation - +972 Magazinewww.972mag.com Hundreds of queer Palestinians protested last week following a tumultuous year for the community, which is forced to navigate between homophobia and anti-Palestinian racism.

A set of fact sheets on Trans Palestinian Mama Ganuush’s website 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Facts — Mama Ganuush ماما غنوجwww.mamaganuush.com Frequent myths debunked about Israel, zionism, and Palestine.

Interview with queer Palestinian, Elias Jahshan, editor of the anthology ‘This Arab is Queer,’ discussing sexuality in the Arab world, Israeli pinkwashing, generational trauma from the Nakba, and liberating his birthright home 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

'Queerness is part of Palestinian culture. We've existed forever'www.972mag.com Elias Jahshan, editor of the anthology ‘This Arab is Queer,’ discusses sexuality in the Arab world, Israeli pinkwashing, and his dream of a liberated Jaffa.

Ramy is a queer Palestinian who escaped Gaza to Egypt with his child and wife, but they are not safe in Egypt either due to the homophobic laws. Ramy and his wife were arrange married, but are friends and co-parents who just want to relocate and rebuild their lives in a place safe for them. 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Help a Queer Gazan and His Family to Safetychuffed.org Hi Friends,

QPEN the Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network, is fundraising to build a high-quality website, print educational materials, and to hold a gathering for Queer Palestinians to connect and build community with one another. Their Instagram is also here www.instagram.com/qpaliempower... 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Support QPEN!givebutter.com the Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network

Palestine Legal will be hosting a Palestine Solidarity webinar June 24 diacussing the roots and trends of anti-Palestinian repression, the mobilization of the Palestine movement in the US, and where they all see the Palestine rights movement heading. Register here BIT.LY/EOYREPORT-WEBINAR 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Queer Palestinian, Ahmad, is recovering from the trauma of surviving Israeli war crimes while trying to raise money to get his family to safety from the ongoing nakba. He managed to escape Gaza, but he has family members still trapped there His Instagram ⬇️ www.instagram.com/gazzablanka?... 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Help my friend's family from Gaza get a second chance, organized by Paola Rotassowww.gofundme.com [ITA BELOW] Hi, I'm Paola. I'm starting this campaign to a… Paola Rotasso needs your support for Help my friend's family from Gaza get a second chance

Hey y’all, give a listen to Palestinian music artist, Bashar Murad’s newest single, “Stone” Support him, his music, & the MAs he’s endorsing here: www.instagram.com/basharmuradofficial if you like “Stone”, consider listening to my fav song of his, “Intifada On The Dance Floor” “Stone” Below 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

BASHAR MURAD - STONE (OFFICIAL AUDIO)youtu.be STREAM STONE: BasharMurad.lnk.to/StoneFOLLOW BASHAR MURAD:https://instagram.com/basharmuradofficial https://www.basharmurad.com https://tiktok.com/basharmur...

The link was broke. But I did find the direct link itself that doesn’t use bitly. Sorry about that folks 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Palestine Legal will be hosting a Palestine Solidarity webinar June 24 diacussing the roots and trends of anti-Palestinian repression, the mobilization of the Palestine movement in the US, and where they all see the Palestine rights movement heading. Register here BIT.LY/EOYREPORT-WEBINAR 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Resisting The Crackdown On Palestine Solidarity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.us02web.zoom.us Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Resisting The Crackdown On Palestine Solidarity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

@emissaryofnight.bsky.social this one has the working link. The other one had a broken link. So sorry for the inconvenience!

A queer Palestinian owned store who raises funds for Palestine. Every purchase has parts of the proceeds go to vetted organizations such as HEAL Palestine, Anera, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Karam Foundation and Queer Food Foundation. 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🌈🍉

For Your Viewing Pleasurewww.foryourviewingpleasure.co designed to start conversations

The link is dead for me, doesn't it work on android?

No it’s not just you. It doesn’t work for me either. Thank you for letting me know so I can ask the hosts a direct link since the one they made in this image doesn’t work. Bless you for the help 💖

This is the link and I’ll be updating the thread. Thank you again for alerting me to this

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Resisting The Crackdown On Palestine Solidarity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.us02web.zoom.us Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Resisting The Crackdown On Palestine Solidarity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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