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The 'Palestinization' of Lesbian Activism by Phyllis Chesler National Post March 22, 2011 http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/961/palestinization-lesbian-activism Send Comment RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. Excerpt: On February 22, the New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center cancelled an upcoming Israeli Apartheid Week fundraising "party," whose organizers planned to raise money for another flotilla to "break the siege of Gaza." Michael Lucas, a pro-Israel activist and gay adult filmmaker who belongs to the Center, insisted that this anti-Israeli-Apartheid "party" would be "anti-Semitic." His opponents are mainly Jewish lesbian feminists who believe that the cancellation undermines their right to free speech. Over the years, most lesbian feminists have strongly supported pornography as a First Amendment right. Only now are they demonizing Lucas as a "Zionist" pornographer. Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Feminism, Israel
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