The "lol, Queers for Palestine" distraction, and how it serves anti-LGBTQ+ actors
Unlike what much of the online and legacy media commentariat would have you believe, queer/LGBTQ+ people supporting Palestinians is entirely logical, morally important, and a case of intersectional solidarity, while standing in the face of the establishment united in telling you it's wrong. Since October 8th, when Israel started their "self-defense" following Hamas's attack on the country, which saw somewhere around 1200 people killed , alongside many other Leftist, progressive, anti-war and anti-ethnic cleansing groups, who have agitated through protest against the aggression, that has led to an unknowable number of people being killed in Gaza (given the massive, widespread, destruction that has been wrought to buildings and infrastructure, as well as the following breakdown of civil function and society), one group that has been prominent, and has captivated the media class (in a disparaging way) is the loose collective known as " Queers for Palestine ". O...