On Sunday, hundreds of LGBTQ pro-Palestinian protesters in Philadelphia made a provocative statement by interrupting the city’s pride march.
The anti-Israeli activists reportedly belong to Queers4Palestine – though the wisdom behind their decision to clash with fellow members of their community remains debatable.
Footage that has since gone viral shows activists clad in keffiyehs and leather outfits halting the gay pride parade at 11th and Locust streets. One sign reading “‘No Pride in Genocide,” implies the group felt it was inappropriate to celebrate Pride Month as the war in Gaza continues.
As The Daily Mail reports:
Reports of the disrupted Philly parade indicate that the protestors were chanting, ‘The more you try to silence us, the louder we will be!’ in addition to the more standard ‘From the River to the Sea’ phrases.
One protest leader, who wore a very short crop top, cargo pants that exposed his undergarments, and a keffiyeh, said to the crowd: ‘Pride as we know it cannot be separated from our current political and economic climate. Pride celebrations have merely become a public relations instrument.’
A relatively common question hurled at the queer pro-Palestinian protestors is why they so loudly voice support for a culture and people who reject their ways of life entirely.
LGBTQ+ people and sexual activity between men remain criminalized in Gaza.
“You should march in Gaza,” one X user commented in response to the footage.
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