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by Eliana Rudee
May 21, 2015

An Emerald City gay rights advocate tells her fellow activists to grow the hell up

When pro-LGBTQ speakers are slated to address the world at a conference on LGBTQ rights and acceptance, one might expect to face some protests. After all, countless right-wing pundits have tried to block pro-LGBTQ events before. But in Seattle, some of the LGBTQ community members themselves plan to block their mayor’s trip to the conference. Why, you ask? Because of the conference’s location: Israel…Yet Queers Against Israeli Apartheid Seattle believe that Israel’s support of the LGBTQ community is meant to gain sympathy for Israel, covering up human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories. So [Mayor] Ed Murray is said to be “pinkwashing” (a coinage people use for Israel’s pro-gay agenda in the context of Israel’s security agenda). READ MORE