( ) - After finding themselves on the receiving end of a socialist group’s “Naming and Shaming” campaign, two married Jewish organizers of a Cincinnati-area Pride group resigned from their roles last week over concerns for their personal safety. “Individuals and Organizations have targeted our board members, including [with] threats of violence,” Cincinnati Pride said in an Instagram statement. The incident - an apparent act of revenge after socialist groups were removed from a June 2 Pride event in northern Kentucky for distributing flyers calling Israel’s conduct in Gaza part of a “Final Solution” against Palestinians - was a prominent example of the , as the ongoing Israel-Hamas war continues to induce divisions in progressive spaces.
A growing , who increasingly view anti-Zionism as a cause for the LGBTQ community to align with, has created an uneasy dynamic for many Jews who also identify as LGBTQ. In the not-so-distant past, Pride organizers chiefly had to worry about being targeted by anti-LGBTQ groups. Now, queer activists have themselves disrupted or boycotted Pride parades; targeted Jewish and pro-Israel parade organizers on social media, and called for all “Zionists” to be expunged from Pride spaces.
While some activists express this as an extension of their desire to keep general nationalist and corporate sentiment away from queer spaces, others are specifically targeting Israel as unacceptable. Critics say this is creating an atmosphere of ant.
